Sunday, September 29
Denver, CO (Denver Tournament)
1:30 PM
Saint Mary's College of California
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at
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Men's Soccer Drops to Denver, 2-0
9/29/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 29, 2002
Denver, CO - The Saint Mary's men's soccer team, playing in the last game of the Denver Classic, fell to the Denver Pioneers as they got two goals from senior Robert Rice in the 44th minute and 65th minute of play today at Pioneer Field, lifting the Pioneers to a spirited, 2-0, victory. With the win, Denver improves to 6-4-0. SMC drops to 2-6-2.
After a scoreless 43 minutes, the Pioneers were the first ones on the scoreboard as Rice redirected a Nat Borchers shot and beat Saint Mary's goalkeeper Aaron Valdez with the redirection that gave Denver a 1-0 lead at halftime.
The Pioneers added another goal in the 65th minute when Rice took a pass off a cross from teammate Nic Hartman and scored his second goal of the day that gave Denver a 2-0 lead. The two teams played scoreless the rest of regulation.
The Gaels were outshot 21-11 in the contest, while Patrick Lower had a game-high four shots.
Lami Harmon recorded two saves for Denver as he recorded is first career shutout, along with the Pioneers first shutout of the season. Valdez finished the game with seven saves.
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