Oral Roberts 0-2 Denver (Shinyashiki 33’, 86’)

TULSA, Okla. – Junior Andre Shinyashiki (Sao Paulo, Brazil) scored his fourth and fifth goals in the last three matches to send the University of Denver men’s soccer team past Oral Roberts 2-0 on Saturday night at Case Soccer Complex.

Shinyashiki opened the scoring in the 33^rd minute with his team-high seventh goal of the campaign and the 21^st of his career. Junior Kenny Akamatsu (Niigata, Japan) settled a bouncing ball in the box, and played it to his right. Shinyashiki took a touch by his defender and drove it hard and low into the back of the net. The game-winner was the eighth of his career, tying him with Collin Audley for second in Denver’s Division I history.

The Denver (8-6-0, 3-0-0 Summit) junior doubled the lead in the 86^th minute, scoring his fifth goal in the last three matches, all on the road. Redshirt-freshman Dylan Keeney (Littleton, Colo.) played the final ball to his right to Shinyashiki on a 3-on-2 counter attack for the Pioneers. Shinyashiki smashed his eight of the campaign past Oral Roberts (4-8-1, 1-2-0) goalkeeper Thibaut Giquel to close out the scoring. The assist for Keeney was his first collegiate point.

Denver outshot the home side 18-9 and had a 7-5 edge in corners. Redshirt-senior goalkeeper Nick Gardner (Marvin, N.C.) was called upon to make just one save in Denver’s fifth cleansheet of the campaign.