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1
Lubbock Christian LCU (4-9-1, 3-6-1)
5
Winner STMU STMU (5-6-2, 4-5-1)
Lubbock Christian LCU
(4-9-1, 3-6-1)
1
Final
5
STMU STMU
(5-6-2, 4-5-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lubbock Christian LCU 1 0 1
STMU STMU 2 3 5

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Chris Due (chris.due@lcu.edu)

Four Unanswered Goals Leads Rattlers Past Chaps

Five Goals Allowed Matches Program Single-Game Record

GAME INFORMATION
Score: St. Mary's 5, Lubbock Christian 1
Records: Lubbock Christian (4-9-1, 3-6-1), St. Mary's (5-6-2, 4-5-1)
Location: Sigma Beta Chi Field, in San Antonio, Texas
 
LCU HIGHLIGHTS
Jay Okojie scored the Chaps lone goal, as their season matching-long win streak ended at two games.
Mickey Brunton extended his team lead in assists, assisting on Okojie's goal.
• Brunton led LCU with a career high six shots.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• J.M. Villarreal opened the scoring and gave StMU a 1-0 lead 28:23 into the game for his second goal of the season.
• Okojie tied the contest 5:42 later in the 35th minute with his first goal.
• StMU never looked back with four unanswered goals. They regained the lead with 2:23 remaining in the first half (goal by Keegan Woolley) and then produced three goals in the second half. Patricio Botello Faz placed in a header in the 56th minute, and then Dan Johns (88th minute) and Kiernan Akers (90th minute) combined for a pair of goals 1:54 apart.
 
GAME NOTES
• Okojie's goal was his first of his collegiate career. He becomes the seventh different Chap to produce a goal this season.
• The assist credited to Brunton extends his streak to two consecutive games with a point (both assists). He leads the team in points (7, 2g,3a) and assists (3). Six of his seven points have come on the road.
• The Chaps ninth loss marks a single-season high in program history.
• The five goals allowed matches a program single-game high. It is the third time LCU has allowed five goals in a game, and the first since allowing five goals on Nov. 9, 2014 at Eastern New Mexico.
• The Chaps are now 20-14-1 all-time in Heartland Conference contests and 12-7-0 all-time in Heartland Conference road games.
• Lubbock Christian has scored at least one goal in seven consecutive games. LCU has not had at a streak of seven consecutive games with at least one goal, in a single-season, since the 2013 season. In 2013, LCU produced at least one goal in 13 straight games.
• LCU drops to 3-2-0 all-time against StMU with the loss. LCU drops to 3-2-0 all-time against StMU with the loss. Former LCU head coach Matt Barnes is in his first season coaching StMU and it was the first meeting LCU has faced a former head coach. Barnes coached LCU during the 2013 season and led them to a Heartland Conference first place finish. 
• The Chaps move to 2-8-0 on the road this season (went 6-3-0 last season on the road) and 34-25-5 all-time in road play.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
1 – For a sixth consecutive game, LCU had a goal output of one goal (no more, no less). LCU is 2-4-0 in that span.
 
UP NEXT
Lubbock Christian (4-9-1, 3-6-1) returns home Thursday to host West Texas A&M for an important Heartland Conference West Division contest at 4:30 p.m.
 
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