Incarnate Word Defeats St. Mary´s in Men´s Soccer, 4-0

SAN ANTONIO—The University of the Incarnate Word scored a goal in the first two minutes of the game, then scored three over the last 30 minutes to put the game away as the Cardinals defeated St. Mary’s University, 4-0, in Heartland Conference men’s soccer action Wednesday night at Benson Stadium.

Just 1:51 into the contest Jason Cunliffe took a cross from Tom Morrill and found the back of the net near the post to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. That was where the score would stay for the next 58 minutes. From there the Cardinals put away what had been a close contest with three goals over the final 30 minutes of action.

UIW outshot the Rattlers 25-4 in the game. Brett Collier (Sr., Schertz) tried to keep the Rattlers in the game, making eight saves.

With the loss, St. Mary’s fell to 4-6-1 overall and 2-2-1 in Heartland Conference play. Incarnate Word improved to 6-3-3, 4-0-0. The Rattlers will return to action on Friday, when they head north to Austin to face St. Edward’s University in a Heartland Conference matchup at 4 p.m.

 St. Mary's (Texas) (4-6-1, 2-2-1) vs. Incarnate Word (6-3-3, 4-0-0)
 Date: Oct 14, 2009  Attendance: 823
 Weather: Warm and clear skies

 Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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 St. Mary's (Texas)..  0  0 -  0
 Incarnate Word......  1  3 -  4
 
 SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.   1:51 UIW Jason Cunliffe (Tom Morrill) - Morrill crosses nearside and Cunliffe shoots it inside near post
  2.  60:43 UIW Michael Langford (Jason Cunliffe) - Free kick opportunity from 20 yards out beats GK far post
  3.  79:26 UIW Ian Ankney (Callum Riley) - Ankney gets pass back from Riley and puts it under the crossbar
  4.  84:20 UIW Zack Knight (1) (Demond King) - Knight buries cross in front of the net by King

 Shots: St. Mary's (Texas) 4, Incarnate Word 25
 Saves: St. Mary's (Texas) 8 (Brett Collier 8), Incarnate Word 1 (Ryan Eschenburg 1)