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Mark Kuhlmann
Ed Port led the Mavericks with three shots Sunday night.
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Winner Tulsa Tulsa (2-0-0, 0-0-0)
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Omaha OMAHA (0-2-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Tulsa Tulsa
(2-0-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Omaha OMAHA
(0-2-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Tulsa Tulsa 1 0 1
Omaha OMAHA 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Mavericks Drop Opener to Tulsa, 1-0

OMAHA, Neb. - Omaha men's soccer dropped its home opener to Tulsa Sunday night. The Hurricane netted the game winner in the 30th minute for the 1-0 win over the Mavericks.

With the loss, Omaha falls to 0-2-0 on the year.

How It Happened
  • Both teams got off to a slow start offensively Sunday night. Tulsa took the first strike of the night 11 minutes in with a shot from Henry Sach high above the goal. Tevin Rochester recorded Omaha's first shot nine minutes later that was blocked by a Tulsa defender. 
  • The Hurricane connected on their next attempt. Chase Bromstedt ran wide left with the ball and sent a pass to Alex Meinhard running down the middle of the pitch. Meinhard struck from the top of the box. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced in goal before Omaha could get a hand on it. Tulsa went up 1-0 at the 29:02 mark.
  • Rochester forced the first shot on goal for the Mavericks with three minutes left in the half. Bromstedt responded with another attempt on goal for the Hurricane, but Jeremy Pollard made the stop. Tulsa led 1-0 at the half.
  • Ed Port nearly tied the match three minutes into the half with a hard header in the box. Nolan Cosgrove made a diving save to keep the lead. 
  • Hugo Kametani forced another stop 10 minutes later and again in the 75th minute for the final shot of the half. Tulsa hangs on to win, 1-0.
Inside the Box Score
  • Omaha led in shots 11-6 and 4-2 on goal.
  • Port led the Mavericks with three shots. One shot of his was on target.
  • Kametani took two shots Sunday, both of which were on goal. 
  • Mitch Hammer, Rochester, Fitzroy Cummings, Neville Morgan, and Malik Elmi combined for the remaining shots.
  • Pollard made his season debut in goal for the Mavericks. He made one save and falls to 0-1-0 on the year.

Coach Speak
"The second half was a real positive for us," said head coach Bob Warming. "For sure our best 45 minutes this season. It was a great college soccer match with a lot of very good players on the field for both teams. Alex Meinhard is a special striker. we limited him to one shot in 90 minutes, but that one shot was a fantastic strike for the goal."

Up Next
The Mavericks will travel to Drake on Friday, Sept. 3. The match was originally schedule as a home match but has since changed. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. in Des Moines, Iowa.
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