Crusaders Fall 5-1 to Texas Lutheran in Quarterfinal Round of SCAC Tournament

(Photo courtesy to Southwestern University)

GEORGETOWN, Texas - The No. 5 seed University of Dallas men's soccer team fell in the quarterfinals of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) tournament 5-1 to the No. 4 seed Texas Lutheran University. The Crusaders (8-8, 7-6 SCAC) took an early 1-0 lead in the 3^rd minute as Eric Haigh (Frisco, Texas) crossed a nice ball and found Tomas DePetris (Houston, Texas) who beat the keeper right.

TLU then (10-7, 9-6 SCAC) scored five unanswered points, as UD gave up its most goals on the season.

DePetris scored his second goal on the season with just three minutes in for a quick lead. TLU then went on a scoring frenzy as they scored four goals in ten minutes. Luis Green scored the equalizer in the 18^th minute with a roller that beat the defense and the keeper. The Bulldogs then found their first lead of the match when Nicolas Medina beat the Dallas keeper when a solid strike. Green scored his second goal on the day and his 18^th goal on the season when he found the upper right corner of the net after he cut back into the box and took a long strike. Cameron Townes scored in the 28th minute, unassisted to put TLU up 4-1 at half. TLU outshot Dallas 8-7 in the first half.

Dallas won the shot total in the second half 8-6, but were unable to break through.

Townes scored his second goal on the day in the 65^th minute to put TLU up 5-1. Brendan Soto made five saves, allowing one goal for the Bulldogs. Tanner Horelica came into the game in the final 13:54 minutes for TLU.

Sean Carlin (Puyallup, Wash.) made three saves, allowing five TLU goals. Jacob Chimento (St. Louis, Mo.) played the final 18:16 for the Crusaders in goal.  

Texas Lutheran will move on to face the No. 1 seed Trinity University on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Dallas has concluded its 2018 season.