Men's Soccer Falls 2-0 at Tulsa

Saturday, October 17

Tulsa, Okla.

8:00 p.m.

Temple University

9-4-2, 1-4AAC

Tulsa

6-5-2, 2-2-1AAC

Temple

Tulsa

Photo by: Wendy Badman

Men's Soccer Falls 2-0 at Tulsa

10.17.15 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

TULSA, Okla. – Temple men's soccer fell to American Athletic Conference rival Tulsa, 2-0, on Saturday evening. The Owls now move to 9-4-2 overall and 1-4 in the conference.

Both Hurricane goals came in the second half. The first was scored by Michael Mitrik in the 71st minute. Zach Jackson scored the second to make the final score 2-0.

Multiple Owls saw close chances throughout the entire game, taking 15 total shots with seven being on target. Jorge Gomez Sanchez led the way with five of eight total shots being on goal.
Carlos Moros Gracia, Hermann Doerner and Joonas Jokinen all logged two shots apiece.

Moros Gracia came close in the first half, directing a header on target from Brendon Creed who collected the rebound off a corner taken by the Owls.

Both Gomez Sanchez and Jokinen took direct shots after battling strong Hurricane defenders, but both were collected by Tulsa goalkeeper Jake McGuire.

Temple goalkeeper Alex Cagle made four saves while facing 14 total shots from the Hurricane.

The Owls continue conference play next week as they host UConn and Cincinnati on Wed. Oct 21 and Sat. Oct 24, respectively.