Men's Soccer Suffers First Setback of Season

SAN ANTONIO – Despite out-shooting the Eagles 13-12, the #5 St. Mary's Men's Soccer Team couldn't answer the one goal scored by Oklahoma Christian, falling 1-0 in the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference Tournament late on Friday night.
 
The Rattlers (11-1-6) suffered their first loss of the season to the streaking Eagles (11-4-5), which are 3-0-2 in their last five games, including a double overtime win over Lubbock Christian in the quarterfinals.
 
St. Mary's got shots on goal from senior Ariel Cardozo (Ciudad de Este, Paraguay), junior Juan Jose Valdez Lopez (Ascuncion, Central, Paraguay) and sophomore Andrick Ferrer (Buffalo, N.Y.) and the Rattlers had 10 other shots throughout the night, but were unable to find the back of the net.
 
OC scored the lone goal of the game in the 35th minute when Isaias Silva took a rebound and booted it back in from Elliott Forestier.
 
The Rattlers await the NCAA Selection Show on Monday to find out when and where they'll be playing next.