TULSA, Okla. – Omaha claimed a share of its second regular-season Summit League title in three seasons with a 3-1 win over Oral Roberts on Saturday evening. The Mavericks concluded the regular season with a 9-4-4 overall record and finished tied atop the conference standings with a 5-0-1 mark in Summit League play.
Omaha will be the No. 1 seed at the Summit League Men's Soccer Championship beginning Thursday, Nov. 10, at CIBER Field in Denver, Colo. The Mavericks will face fourth-seeded Eastern Illinois Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. (CT). Omaha shared the regular-season title with No. 6 Denver. The two teams played to a draw on Oct. 29, but the Mavericks claimed the top seed by virtue of a higher goal differential in Summit play.
The Mavericks took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute as senior midfielder Mark Moulton collected a blocked shot and directed it into the back of the net. It was the second goal of the season for Moulton and cemented him as the program's all-time points leader with 47.
Xavier Gomez doubled the score in the 38th minute. Gomez gathered a clearance from the Golden Eagle defense and beat his defender. His shot from 18-yards out deflected off a defender, wrong-footing goalkeeper Thibaut Giquel and found its way into the net.
The Mavericks added their third goal of the match during the 56th minute. Gomez sent a pass towards Elvir Ibisevic inside the 18-yard box where the freshman fired a shot past Oral Roberts' goalkeeper for his third goal of the season.
The Golden Eagles were given a penalty kick in the 89th minute after an Omaha infraction. Matthew Rogers made the most of the awarded penalty kick, beating UNO's Joseph Ghitis to cut the Mavericks' lead to 3-1.
Oral Roberts outshot Omaha in the match, 15-8, including a 5-4 edge in shots on goal.
Ghitis collected the win after going the full 90 minutes between the posts and allowing one goal while making four saves. Thibaut suffered the loss for ORU after giving up three goals and making one save.
Scoring Summary
Omaha 2 1 - 3
Oral Roberts 0 1 - 1
Individual Scoring
Mark Moulton (Omaha) at 13:15 (unassisted)
Xavier Gomez (Omaha) at 34:26 (
Emmanuel Hamzat)
Elvir Ibisevic (Omaha) at 55:37 (
Xavier Gomez)
Matthew Rogers (Oral Roberts) at 88:25 (penalty kick)
Goalkeeper Saves
Joseph Ghitis (Omaha) – 4
Thibaut Giquel (Oral Roberts) - 1
