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Seth Rinderknecht
1
OMAHA OMAHA (0-4-2)
2
Winner Creighton CU (3-2-1)
OMAHA OMAHA
(0-4-2)
1
Final
2
Creighton CU
(3-2-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
OMAHA OMAHA 1 0 1
Creighton CU 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Short-Handed Mavericks Fall 2-1 at Creighton

OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha men's soccer team fell 2-1 at Creighton on Monday night while playing without their top player for much of the match and a man down for the final 52 minutes.
 
The Mavericks drop to 0-4-2 on the year while the Bluejays improve to 3-2-1.
 
Goals
OMAHA: 26' – Seth Rinderknecht (Assisted by Marcos Bautista)
CU: 38' – Tor Trosten (Unassisted)
CU: 88' – Luke Haakenson (Assisted by Musa Qongo, Luke Mitchell)
 
How It Happened
  • Diego Gutierrez nearly opened the scoring in the 11th minute when the junior's attempt blasted off the cross bar off the throw in from Seth Rinderknecht.
  • CU's Ziyad Fares broke free down the left side for a one-on-one opportunity vs. Omaha goalkeeper Jeremy Pollard, but a leaping save by the Maverick keeper kept the match scoreless in the 22nd minute.
  • Marcos Bautista sent a free kick to the far post that was headed in by Rinderknecht to break the scoreless tie in the 26th minute.
  • Bautista nearly doubled the Omaha lead two minutes later, firing a strike three yards outside the box that landed in the arms of the Bluejay keeper.
  • The Bluejays tied the match in the 38th minute when Tor Trosten collected a loose ball off the corner kick and snuck one by Pollard and into the back of the net.
  • Omaha's Miguel Gomez received a red card in the 39th minute, causing the Mavericks to play a man down for the remainder of the match.
  • The Maverick defense held off five Bluejay corner kicks in three-minute span to preserve the 1-1 tie after 65 minutes of play.
  • CU's Luke Haakenson netted his second goal of the season in the 88th minute to secure the 2-1 victory for the Bluejays.
 Inside the Box Score
  • The Bluejays tallied advantages in shots (18-8) and corner kicks (13-3) over Omaha.
  • Rinderknecht's goal is the first of the season for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native.
  • Pollard collected four saves while falling to 0-1-2 on the season.
  • The teams combined for four yellow cards and two red cards with the red cards given to Omaha's Miguel Gomez and Aaron Uribe.
 What's Next
The Mavericks continue play on the road as Omaha battles Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. CT in Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
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