THE BASICS
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, UT Tyler 2
Records: LCU – 8-4-1, 4-1-1 // UTT 6-4-2, 2-3-2
Location: LCU Soccer Field – Lubbock, Texas
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• LCU scored its earliest goal in a game this season against the Patriots as Abdou Joof found the back of the net just one minute and 43 seconds into the match. Tariq Bakkali assisted on the goal
• The Patriots did not take long to respond, scoring the tying goal in the sixth minute off the foot of Birkir Eydal
• LCU's offense controlled the ball much of the rest of the half but had just one shot on goal from Richie Vaca-Cordova in the 43^rd minute before the horn sounded for halftime. UTT had shots on goal in the 35^th and 37^th minutes, but both were saved by Braxton Thorne
• The Chaps continued to possess the ball for much of the first 20 minutes of the second half but could not put a shot on frame
• UT Tyler got their first lead of the day in the 69^th minute as Eydal found the back of the net again
• LCU bounced back just over a minute later on a goal from Caram Carneiro Alves. Fernando Flores assisted the score
• Joof looked to have scored the game-winner with close to 15 minutes left in regulation, but was called offsides, and the game went into overtime
• Lubbock Christian earned a pair of corner kicks in the first overtime, but neither team put a shot on goal
• Vaca-Cordova ended the game in the 106^th minute, scoring the golden goal with an assist from Flores and Carneiro Alves

 
LCU HIGHLIGHTS

• Lubbock Christian outshot UT Tyler 18-14 in the game, marking the eighth time this season that they have outshot an opponent
• Joof's goal in the second minute was his third of the season and moved him to eight points on the year
• Carneiro Alves scored a goal and assisted another marking the first he finished with three points in a college game
• Flores assisted two of the three LCU goals, pushing him to 21 points this year, which is the second most of any Lone Star Conference player
• The 18 Chap shots were their third most in a game this season and their most since the September 14 win over Oklahoma Baptist

 
CHAPARRAL NOTES

• The Chaps played past regulation for the fifth straight game and double overtime for the third time this season. LCU is 3-1-1 in games that run more than 90 minutes
• LCU is now 5-1-0 at home this season with just one game left to play at the LCU Soccer Field. They have assured themselves a winning record at home for the sixth time in program history and the second time under head coach Paul Gilbert
• Now with 13 points, Lubbock Christian is tied for third in the Lone Star Conference standings with St. Edward's, one point ahead of Texas A&M International
• LCU earned six corner kicks while allowing just one, marking the first time since September 22 that they had more corners than an opponent

 
NEXT UP

• Lubbock Christian does not play again this weekend, but will now look toward Texas A&M International, who they face at 7 p.m. on October 31 in Laredo, Texas