Go WEST young man (and NORTH)

[Kuiper]

A couple of games in Texas tonight

UT Dallas 3 - Howard Payne 1

Not a surprising result, given that Howard Payne came into the game 0-6-3, but this one was a bit closer that the score indicated.  The teams went into half tied 0-0 and UTD was only up 2-1 in the 74th minute after Howard Payne cut the lead in half.  UTD didn't score its third goal until the 89th minute.  Nevertheless, UTD outshot HP 13-4 and it always seemed like a matter of time for UTD to take control.

Mary Hardin-Baylor 2 - Hardin-Simmons 0

I'm not sure what we can glean about this match about either team.  Hardin-Simmons went down to 10 men after forward Jakob Fiol, their leading scorer with 6 goals and 3 assist, was issued a straight red card in the 32nd minute.  At that point, H-S expended a lot of energy just trying to shore up the defense, but they held firm until the 63rd minute when H-S freshman midfielder Daniel Villagomez received a straight red for a two footed tackle from behind.  So, H-S was down to 9 men.  Even then, it took another 12 minutes before UMHB got a goal, which they doubled on a PK after their striker slalomed past a bunch of tired H-S defenders in the 85th minute.

[Kuiper]

Games of note in Region X this weekend:

Saturday 10/5

Pacific Lutheran @ George Fox 12 pm

George Fox is 6-1-1 and 2-1-1 in the NWC.  They just beat Pacific and Willamette by identical 2-0 scores and are in 4th place in the NWC.  At home, this is the chance to declare themselves contenders against Pacific Lutheran, which is 4-1-3 and 1 point ahead of them at 2-0-2 in the NWC.  The Lutes have not looked convincing, tying Willamette and Puget Sound at home, but they've been here before.

Whittier @ Redlands 1 pm

Whittier beat CMS and Caltech in its last two games and is in 2nd place in the SCIAC at 5-2-2 overall and 3-2 in the SCIAC.  Redlands has been unconvincing, losing to to CMS, but it tied Oxy and crushed Pomona-Pitzer in its last two games.  It is in 3rd in the SCIAC with the same 5-2-2 overall record, but a 2-1-1 record in the conference.  Much like with George Fox, this is a game for Whittier to establish that the CMS win wasn't a fluke and it is a contender in the conference, although the fact that Redlands is at home where they are 4-0-1, rather than away where they are 1-2-1, should still make UR favorites.

Pomona-Pitzer @ Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7 pm

The Sixth Street Rivalry!  Throw the records away.  P-P walked across the street (literally) last season at 2-4-5 in the SCIAC on the second to last game of the season with only one win in the previous 8 games, while CMS was on an 8 game unbeaten streak that included a 3-1 win at Oxy. Nevertheless, P-P still came away with a 3-1 win on CMS' home field.  This year, both teams are coming off bad losses, P-P to Redlands 4-1 and CMS to Whittier 2-0.

Sunday 10/6

Trinity (TX) @ Concordia (TX) 5 pm

Trinity is 6-0-2 and has dominated in doing so.  Some of these performances have come against bad teams, but they did beat Mary Hardin-Baylor away 3-1, which is the only goal they have conceded in the last 6 games.  Concordia did well on its Virginia trip, tying Christopher Newport 3-3 and beating Virginia Wesleyan 1-0, but the loss to Hardin-Simmons suggests that they aren't quite top tier yet in Texas and the tie to LeTourneau was a bad tie.  I expect both teams will beat up on their opponents Friday (McMurry and Schreiner, respectively), but this game will be more competitive.

[Kuiper]

Friday Night Lights in Texas (and Arkansas/Louisiana)

Trinity 2 - McMurry 0

This is a game where Trinity dominated possession and was only threatened a couple of times (they outshot McMurry 18-4), but they are a bit of a victim of their own success.  Coming in knowing that Trinity was steamrolling opponents, McMurry played very conservatively and tried to have as many players behind the ball as possible.  Trinity broke, through, however, on a flicked header on a corner kick to a back post player who headed it in in the 44th minute.  They tacked on an insurance goal in the 59th minute after  a Trinity player was taken down at the edge of the box and they scored the ensuing PK.  McMurry's GK was only credited with three saves, but he seemed to do more than that in keeping the score from getting any higher.

Texas Lutheran 5 - University of Dallas 0

UD is probably the weakest of the weak SCAC teams, coming into this game 1-6, and TLU, which usually doesn't score many goals, showed no mercy.  After a scoreless tie to Southwestern last game, TLU is now 5-0-2 and 1-0-1 in the SCAC.

St. Thomas 2 - Centenary 1

Another bonkers game involving UST, but for once not because of cards.  UST had plenty of offense, outshooting Centenary 16-3 in the first half, forcing Centenary into 8 saves to keep the game level at 0-0 in the first half.  The game was more even in the second half as Centenary started to realize they might have a chance to steal a win.  Still, no score until the 81st minute when UST's Daniel Castro scored.  You figured that would open the floodgates, but it was Centenary rather than UST, that struck next as Centenary equalized 3 minutes later in the 84th minute.  At that point, Centenary started playing for the tie and St. Thomas was attacking in waves, but never breaking through with a clean shot until the 90th minute (with 49 seconds left in the game), when Castro and Daniel Espinoza executed a great two man, one touch passing game in the box, with Espinoza, who had his back to the defender, turning and shooting for the win.  I have to confess it was nice to see a last minute win on something other than a corner kick or a hopeful garbage ball lobbed into the box.  This was actually a very nice sequence that followed a previously nice sequence (complete with a well-played back heel from a diagonal runner) that was kicked over the bar.  The question is why UST can't do this more often, but the answer is probably that Centenary's defense didn't exactly cover itself in glory in the final few minutes, tracking runners, but not really preventing them from doing anything.

Southwestern 3 - Austin College 2

Another bonkers game (this time with red card too!) in which the better team found a way to win, but not without a lot of nervy moments.  Southwestern outshot Austin 11-4 in the 1st half, but only forced Austin to make a couple of saves and the game was 0-0 at half.  A little over two minutes into the second half, however, Austin's Louis Catchpole (who was one of the best strikers in the SCAC last year, scoring 14 goals), scored his 6th of the season to give the Kangaroos a 1-0 lead.  They held that for about 12 minutes until Greyson Pinto (who was missing from their game last weekend against TLU) scored the equalizer in the 60th minute and Raghav Sharma put Southwestern in the lead three minutes later.  I figured that was it for Austin, but they equalized less than three minutes later in the 66th minute and it stayed that way until Southwestern finally found the winner in the 89th minute to go to 6-0-2 on the season and 1-0-1 in the SCAC (EJay:  pronounced as one word - SCAC, NOT S-CAC, like NESCAC - people in Texas don't like to do anything like those damn Yankees in the Northeast!).

Concordia TX 3 - Schreiner 1

Concordia was up 2-0 in the first half and appeared to be cruising, but Schreiner scored early in the 2nd half to make it a game. After that, the game got very chippy, with 7 yellows (5 for Schreiner), including a double yellow 1 minute and 24 seconds part that led to an ejection for a Schreiner player.  Concordia got an insurance goal in the 82nd minute on a PK.

Colorado College 2 - Ozarks 0

Ron Boerger warned us that the Ozarks trip might be tricky for Colorado College this year and he was right (and not just because the Ozarks stadium lights kept shutting off during the game, which seems like a great way to slow a team down if your defense needs a rest!).  Despite out-shooting them 25-5 and having a 14-2 edge on corners, plus having a man advantage from the 56th minute on because of a second yellow to an Ozarks player, it still took until the 71st minute for Colorado to score a goal and that was on a PK from a handball in the box.  They didn't get an insurance goal until the 88th minute.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity has seen a lot of this recently with teams packing the defending third and resigning themselves to trying to score off of the rare counters that result.  Yesterday the McMurry keeper (who I agree should have had more than three saves, but only five shots were officially counted as on-target which is not good when you have 18 corners) had an "extra defender" in the posts which kicked out at least two shots that could easily have gone in (one directly to the keeper who was sprawled face first on the ground at the time and otherwise would have had no chance to defend a shot off the rebound).  They'll need to be more effective with their shots Sunday at Concordia, and with the game a few miles from my house instead of actually on campus I may head over that way. 

[Kuiper]

Some questions answered in the NWC this morning/afternoon

Pacific Lutheran 3 - George Fox 0

I wrote in the preview that this was the chance for George Fox to declare whether they were a real contender or not in the NWC after beating Willamette and Pacific last weekend.  I guess it looks like the money is on "not" after this game.  I actually liked a lot of what I saw from GF on the attack.  They do a great job with diagonal switches of the point of attack and they play positively while keeping possession.  They just didn't have any ideas once they got forward.  Pacific Lutheran's play wasn't always pretty, but they took more shots.  When you have 13 shots on goal, compared to 3 for GF (and 21 v. 12 overall), you can get away with only having great shots ~25% of the time.  The Lutes are now 5-1-3 and 3-0-2 in the NWC, while GF falls to 6-2-1 and 2-2-1.

Whitman 2 - Willamette 0

Whitman dominated this one pretty thoroughly, scoring goals on either side of halftime and outshooting Willamette 20-5 and 13-3 on goal.  Willamette just seems toothless right now.  They were even out-fouled 13-2, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but feels like a reflection of their un-Bearcat-like play.  It seems like Whitman and Pacific Lutheran will be the most likely contenders for the NWC title as Whitman now sits 7-1-1 and 4-0-1 in the NWC.  Next weekend's game against the Lutes will be a big game for both teams.

Puget Sound 1 - Pacific 0

Puget Sound is quietly putting together a nice conference record.  They are now 3-0-2 in the NWC, having tied the Lutes 1-1 on the road.  Nevertheless, they haven't looked particularly impressive in their games and this game was no exception.  They scored in the 6th minute of the game and they only took 3 more shots the rest of the game.  Of course, Pacific only took 1 shot the whole game, so maybe Puget Sound's defense can carry them.

Whitworth 4 - Lewis & Clark 1

Whitworth is starting to put things together in its season.  Not that this game was a barometer.  They were only up 1-0 at half, but scored three straight goals in the second half to put it to bed.  The best thing about the game for Whitworth was that it may have helped Cole Friesen get untracked.  He had two goals and two assists in the game, probably because the L&C defense didn't have the type of players other conference opponents have been using to mark him out of the game and prevent him from doing his thing.  Whitworth is now 3-1-1 in conference.  Lewis & Clark scored a consolation goal in the 88th minute, but the Whitworth official scorer took all the glory out of it with a way-too-specific description of the shot:  "cross from right side of field, Bia [Whitworth defender] slipped and free shot on goal. left foot shot right side of goal."  L&C is now 0-9 and 0-5 in the NWC.  If the  NCAA is going to basically have free transfers and employee athletes, the NCAA might as well allow mid-season loans in D3.  There have to be some guys wasting away on the bench at other NWC schools that could help L&C get at least one win.

[Kuiper]

SCIAC afternoon games

Redlands 4 - Whittier 1

Much like George Fox in the NWC, this was a game for Whittier to announce itself as a contender (or pretender) in the SCIAC.  Turns out it was more pretender than contender.  They hung tough for awhile, holding Redlands to a 1-0 lead at the half and scoring first in the second half in the 61st minute to equalize at 1-1, but Redlands woke from its slumber and scored goals in the 72nd, 73rd, and 83rd minutes to turn it into a route.  Even before that barrage, this was coming.  UR outshot Whittier 19-8 and 9-3 on goal.  Redlands has now won two straight 4-1 games after losing to CMS and tying Oxy. 

Cal Lutheran 2 - Caltech 2

Caltech has to feel like it let this chance for a program record 7th win slip away after it held a 2-0 lead in the 51st minute.  Cal Lutheran scored in the 63rd and 80th minutes on almost identical shots from the mid-left top of the box to the upper right corner of the goal.  Both were instances of giving the Cal Lu player too much space or failing to keep up with him as he dribbled parallel to the box. I suspect this was a situation where Caltech's lack of depth came back to bite them.  They have been playing plenty of subs in most of their games this year, but this game they only used four field player subs (plus a GK because they rotate their GKs at half), two of whom only played 6 minutes and the third only played 15 minutes.  Most of their starters got at most 6 minutes of rest.  The game was played in the afternoon on a day when Pasadena was under an excessive heat warning and the temperatures on Caltech's turf had to be around 100+ degrees.  They just kind of wilted while Cal Lu used 16 subs, 9 of whom played at least 17 minutes or more.

UC Santa Cruz 2 - Chapman 2

UCSC gets their 6th tie of the season on a 76th minute equalizer.  Chapman has been turning things around lately and this game was at home for them.  They were 3-6-1 coming into this game, but they have played what has turned out to be a pretty strong schedule, including Stevens, Montclair St, Wheaton (IL), Whitman, Redlands, CMS.  The problem is they lost to all but one of those teams (Wheaton).  This kind of result makes me question whether UCSC deserves its regional ranking, although at 4-1-6, it is showing it knows how to avoid a loss, which is one sign of a good team.

[Kuiper]

SCIAC gets kind of crazy after dark once again

Occidental 3 - La Verne 2

La Verne's Adan Villarreal scored in the 6th and 11th minutes to take a 2-0 lead into halftime.  In the second half, however, Oxy came back to life and reeled off three straight goals in the 57th, 72nd, and 82nd minutes to win the game.  On the one hand, it's a good sign that Oxy can turn it on when it needs to and score at will.  On the other hand, this isn't tournament or playoff soccer and many of these teams that they are doing this to aren't all that good.  If the coaches and players can't figure out how to avoid these problems from the get-go, they won't go far this season.

CMS 1 - Pomona-Pitzer 0

This was a crazy game befitting the Sixth Street Rivalry, complete with really annoying Vuvuzelas, multiple scuffles (or at least what future software engineers, doctors, and investment bankers imagine a fight looks like while they wait for their teammates to hold them back), 1 rough challenge of the CMS goalkeeper on a muffed catch that led to the ref having to hold back the GK from doing something to the P-P player (not sure this kid had any idea what he was going to do when he went charging after him) and at least one scary, injury-causing, tackle.  P-P started out on the front foot and looked like they took the lead on a header off a perfect corner kick that was waived off for a foul in the box.  Both teams had chances, but the half ended 0-0.  In the second half, a PK in the box in the 51st minute was scored by Otero and CMS took the 1-0 lead. In the 65th, P-P's Aidan MacLennan unleashed a two-footed studs up leaping challenge from the side that went right into the shins of a CMS player and he was shown a red card.  That led to a bunch of scuffling and the CMS kid had to be helped off the field. Hope he's OK, because it looked kind of nasty.  P-P played hard down a man for the last 25 minutes, but they weren't able to threaten much until the very end.  P-P's GK, Jasper Broad (formerly of Colorado College), had a really strong game with 13 saves, mostly of the full stretch variety.  Credit also to CMS defenders because they were apparently playing two freshman center backs due to injuries and yellow card accumulation suspensions for SCIAC games.

[Kuiper]

Sunday afternoon games in the NWC

Pacific Lutheran 4 - Pacific 0

The Lutes are on a roll, having gone unbeaten in 9 straight games after an opening loss to UC Santa Cruz and they have won the last three games by a margin of 3 goals or more.  Pacific is nothing special, but they have played other NWC contenders tight, losing to Whitman 3-2 and tying Whitworth 0-0.  PLU was only up 1-0 at halftime on a goal in the 28th minute, but they poured it on after halftime, scoring goals in the 62nd, 75th, and 89th minutes to seal the victory and outshooting Pacific 14-5.  Next weekend's games hosting Whitman and Whitworth should be big games for all three of these schools.

George Fox 1 - Puget Sound 0

GF rebounds from the loss to Pacific Lutheran by scoring in the 10th minute and holding on in what was a tightly contested affair.  This is Puget Sound's first loss in conference as they fall to 3-1-2, but it reflects a problem scoring goals that they have had all season.  They have only scored more than 1 goal against a D3 opponent twice -- against NWC cellar dwellers Lewis & Clark and Linfield -- so when George Fox scored early, it was always going to be difficult for Puget Sound to adjust tactically and try to chase the game.

Whitman 3 - Lewis & Clark 1

Probably a closer scoreline than it should have been.  Whitman was up 2-0 after 10 minutes and seemed to take their foot off the gas.  They didn't score again until the 76th minute and allowed L&C to score in the 90th minute.  Most of Whitman's starters played less than a half.

Whitworth 4 - Willamette 1

Whitworth carried over the scoring mojo from its game against L&C and matched the scoreline against Whitworth.  Willamette actually scored first in the 7th minute, but Whitworth followed up with goals in the 21st, 27th, and 42nd minutes to take a 3-1 lead into halftime.  A goal right after halftime in the 47th minute finished off Willamette, which has become a shell of its former self.  The one thing that marred the game for Whitworth was a straight red issued to Dawson Heuett in the 77th minute, but it didn't cost them as Willamette couldn't hit the net with the man advantage.

[Kuiper]

Sunday games in the SCAC

Trinity 2 - Concordia TX 1

Ron Boerger will likely have more to say about this game because he was going to go and watch in person.  The stream was pretty brutal because the camera was facing the setting sun, which was blinding for pretty much the whole game around the middle of the field.  Concordia scored in the 19th minute and then went into a shell, taking the 1-0 lead into halftime.  Trinity came back to tie it up in the 57th and then launched wave after wave of attacks in the second half (they outshot Trinity 19-6 in the game and 12-4 in the second half), operating almost the entire half on Concordia's side of the field. It wasn't until Concordia broke out a little bit, creating some space, that Trinity was able to launch a ball forward in sort of a counter attack.  Hunter Cain chased it to the left side of the box with the defender on his heel and the Concordia goalkeeper came off his line in an attempt to intervene, but Cain got there first and nicely chipped it over his head for the winning goal in the 83rd minute.  Trinity is now 8-0-2 and 3-0 on the SCAC, while Concordia falls to 5-2-3 and 2-1. [one additional note:  I know Concordia doesn't have its own field, but if you're going to be on FloSports and have your games broadcast "worldwide," you should probably spring for Concordia-branded pop-up tents for the benches.  It's not a good look to have the pop-up canopies from LoneStar SC, a youth soccer club in Austin that presumably sublets you the field on their permit, be the most visible brand at your home games]

Texas Lutheran 0 - Austin 0

This is a surprising result, especially since Austin came into the game 3-7-1 and 1-1 in the SCAC, while TLU was 5-0-1 and 1-0, but Texas Lutheran has trouble scoring and they are always dancing on the precipice of being shutout before they find a way to nick a goal.  In this game, despite outshooting Austin 15-3, they only put 2 shots on goal to 1 for Austin, which leaves very little margin for error.  They've shutout Hardin-Simmons and Southwestern, so they can play defense, but it's hard to see them winning the SCAC if they can't compete with the likes of Trinity, Colorado College, and even St. Thomas offensively.

Southwestern 4 - Dallas 1

Southwestern blitzed Dallas, scoring in the 2nd, 6th, and 7th minutes.  They surprisingly conceded in the 22nd minute, probably because everyone from Southwestern was trying to go forward, but also because they were missing their security blanket in the back, Cooper Pero, who had been red carded the day before in the 90th minute of the Austin College win.  They then got a fourth in the 36th minute and packed it in for the night and started emptying the bench.  Southwestern is now 7-0-2 and 2-0-1 in the SCAC.

Schreiner 2 - McMurry 1

In the battle at the bottom (at least outside of University of Dallas), Schreiner prevails on two goals early in the first half.  They outshot McMurry 16-7, but McMurry GK Brandon Walker had 8 saves to keep the game close.

Colorado College 2 - Centenary 0

CC finishes the Arkansas/Louisiana swing with a second straight 2-0 win.  It wasn't for lack of shots that Colorado College didn't score more.  They outshot Centenary 36-3 and these weren't just a bunch of wild shots either because they had 18 on goal.  Credit to Centenary GK Sebastian Lutin for making 16 saves to keep the score respectable.  CC is 8-1-2 and 3-0 in the SCAC, while Centenary falls to 5-4-1 and 1-2.

[Ron Boerger]

Concordia's front line was playing very high and putting pressure on the Trinity back line until they scored the opening goal, but then decided to park the bus and it stayed parked basically the entire game.  Trinity struggled to get an open shot before the break.  I'm not sure what McGinlay changed at halftime but the result was, as Kuiper mentioned, dominant run of play in the Concordia defensive half.

Concordia had some significant height advantages but they didn't get as much from them as they could have.

[SimpleCoach]

Concordia's front line was playing very high and putting pressure on the Trinity back line until they scored the opening goal, but then decided to park the bus and it stayed parked basically the entire game.  Trinity struggled to get an open shot before the break.  I'm not sure what McGinlay changed at halftime but the result was, as Kuiper mentioned, dominant run of play in the Concordia defensive half.

Concordia had some significant height advantages but they didn't get as much from them as they could have.

I kept asking myself why Concordia dropped back and kept yelling to press the Trinity back line.  Was incomprehensible to me.

SC.

[Kuiper]

Concordia's front line was playing very high and putting pressure on the Trinity back line until they scored the opening goal, but then decided to park the bus and it stayed parked basically the entire game.  Trinity struggled to get an open shot before the break.  I'm not sure what McGinlay changed at halftime but the result was, as Kuiper mentioned, dominant run of play in the Concordia defensive half.

Concordia had some significant height advantages but they didn't get as much from them as they could have.

I kept asking myself why Concordia dropped back and kept yelling to press the Trinity back line.  Was incomprehensible to me.

SC.

I sometimes think coaches are so risk averse and so absolute in their instructions to players that they end up increasing, rather than decreasing, their risks.  The "always kick it long and never play it out of the back" coaches are one example.  In this game, the notion that a 1-0 lead against a team like Trinity was going to hold-up for 70 minutes was always going to be the low probability event.  Only thing I could figure is that it might be hot enough that he knew that the press was going to be unsustainable and he didn't feel like any of his bench players could do it as effectively as the starters.  Even then, you figure he could have done it in short spurts to at least keep Trinity honest.

[Ron Boerger]

As someone who has lived in Texas basically his entire life, it wasn't that hot yesterday, plus there was a nice breeze from the north throughout the game.  Low 90s, moderate humidity, sun at such an angle that the shade from the stands was mostly on the field and cooling as the sun set down further.  There were a few guys cramping but compared to games earlier in the season it was a pleasant walk in the park.

I'll mark this to poor coaching rather than heat. 

[BTXCru18]

Saturday games in the ASC, last weekend 10/5

HSU 2 - UTD 2

HSU was without their best offensive threat with Jakob Fiol serving his red card suspension from the game against UMHB on Thursday. Even still, HSU found themselves 2-0 up at half. I didn't get to watch, but they have to be kicking themselves for letting UTD come back and tie the game. Perhaps their legs got heavy having played with 9 men for the last 25-30 on Thursday. At the end of the day, the game doesn't count, but a confidence building win against a strong team that slipped through HSU's hands.

LeTu 2 - ETBU 2

To borrow a frequent phrase from Kuiper this past weekend, this game was bonkers. ETBU got on the board first with a goal in the 4', that LeTourneau's keeper will want back for certain. LeTu leveled things in the 18' with a smart early cross to the back post that Caleb Nelson settled and finished over the head of the ETBU keeper. In the end it finished 2-2, with 2 very late goals for both teams. LeTu thought they had won it in the 86' with a good first-time finish off of service from a wide free kick. They then gave up a direct free kick goal with 36 seconds remaining to tie it up and steal a point; very well taken up and over the wall from about 25 out. These schools are only 30 minutes away from each other and seemed like a very good atmosphere and full stands on video. Box score lists the attendance at 313.

HPU 1 - UMHB 2

The Cru got on the board in the 1' as Peyton Hoyt scored his first collegiate goal smashing in a rebound off the keeper to take the early lead and went into halftime 1-0 up. HPU works very hard and are one of the best 0 win teams you might see so far, oddly enough. Right out of halftime, HPU equalized in the 50', scoring a header to the near post from a corner kick. UMHB, who have a tendency to come out flat to start the second half, got things going eventually and retook the lead in the 58' with Chase Cherrington scoring his own rebound as he was 1v1 with the keeper. The Cru settled things down and saw the game out for the remaining 30 minutes.

HSU and UMHB lead so far with 6 points a piece and ETBU and LeTu round out 3rd and 4th with 4 points apiece, holding the last 2 tournament spots. HPU sits at the bottom on 0 points. After this next weekend of games, everyone will have played everyone once so far and we'll turnaround and do it again.

[Kuiper]

One morning game in the SCAC (not sure why it was moved from Sunday to Monday)

St. Thomas 6 - Ozarks 1

A tight game in the first half was blown open in the second.  St. Thomas scored first in 26th minute, Ozarks equalized 4 minutes later in the 30th minute, and St. Thomas took the lead 8 minutes later in the 38th minute and carried that to halftime.  In the second half, UST reeled off four straight goals while Ozarks looked like they didn't want to be there on a Monday, getting outshot 13-3 in the second half.  This was the first time I really have seen St. Thomas unleash on an opponent like they used to a few years ago, with the Castro brothers combining for 3 goals and 2 assists.  Ozarks isn't a great team 3-4-2 and 0-2 in the SCAC, but I tend to think they expended so much energy holding off Colorado College until the 71st minute on Friday, including playing down a man for 35 minutes after Colin Cosby was sent off with a second yellow, that they were exhausted even with the extra day of rest playing on Monday. Plus, missing 5th year senior Cosby, who was honorable mention all-SCAC last season and ASC Defensive Freshman of the Year his first year, didn't help.