THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – Junior midfielder Grant Mobley scored the game-winning goal Thursday as the No. 23-ranked St. Edward’s University men’s soccer team defeated Texas A&M-International, 1-0, at Lewis-Chen Family Field.

The Hilltoppers and Dustdevils were evenly matched in the first half with six shots each. SEU put three shots on goal, but the TAMIU goalkeeper made three saves to keep it tied 0-0 at halftime.  

Mobley scored his second goal of the season and 11th of his career off of a Pablo Covarrubias corner kick in the 64’. Covarrubias’ serve found the head of senior Owain Hoskins who flicked the ball to Mobley at the top of the 18-yard box – sending it far post for the score.

TAMIU took six more shots but only forced one save from Hilltopper goalkeeper William Tuffin. The Hilltoppers closed the match with four attempts in the final 18 minutes of play.

HIGHLIGHTS

·       Thursday marked Head Coach Brian Young’s 140th-career win. His all-time record is 140-84-26.

·       The Hilltoppers have opened Heartland Conference play 1-0 for eight-straight seasons.

·       Hoskins’ assist Thursday was the fifth of his career.

·       Senior Steve Aoudou has played in 65-career matches as a Hilltopper.

·       Junior Dylan Armstrong led the team with four shots. He now has 105-career attempts with 59 on goal.

·       Tuffin is now 6-1 in his career with three complete shutouts, 20 saves and over 600 minutes in goal.

·       Transfer Ruben Gonzalez made his fifth appearance as a Hilltopper and took the first shot of his career.

·       In 25-career appearances, Parker Fyfe has three goals and two assists on 20 shots.

·       The Hilltoppers’ last 4-1 start to a season was in 2000.

STAT OF THE GAME I
2 – SEU’s defense allowed just two shots on goal from TAMIU, requiring just two saves of the sophomore goalkeeper Tuffin.

STAT OF THE GAME II
7 – A total of seven Hilltoppers recorded a shot in Thursday’s match with Grant Mobley and Armstrong both recording multiple attempts.

TOP QUOTE
Head Coach Brian Young on the match…
“We did some really good things today, and we did some really poor things. Our goal is to get the poor things back into the really good things. However, there are a lot of positives. TAMIU is always a tough opponent – definitely a rival of ours over the last 14 years since I’ve been here. So it’s a good win.”

WHAT’S NEXT
The Hilltoppers host St. Mary’s Saturday in the ongoing Battle of the Saints at 1 p.m. at Lewis-Chen Family Field. Live stats and video will be available at GoHilltoppers.com. The first 50 check-ins on the Topper Pride App Saturday will receive a free “Battle of the Saints” t-shirt.

Follow St. Edward’s Men’s Soccer all season long on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the handle @SEUMSoccer.

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