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Keller Mochel and the Colorado College men's soccer team posted their first clean sheet of the season as the Tigers recorded a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the University of St. Thomas on Sunday afternoon at Washburn Field.

Mochel stopped a pair of shots while recording his second shutout of the season and the 16th of his career.

The senior goalkeeper made his first save on Joshua Lockhart's shot a little more than 12 minutes into the second half, then preserved the clean sheet when he dove to his left to deny Fabrizio Policastro's blast from just outside the top of the box midway through the 86th minute.

Sophomore forward Kiran Singh struck for the game's only goal a little more than four minutes into the second half.  

Junior midfielder Miles Montgomery forced a turnover along the left edge of the box, chased the ball down near the end line and slid a pass to Singh, who scored on a first-touch shot inside the right post.

The Tigers nearly broke through in the 11th minute, but UST keeper Pedro Medrano got his fingertips on a crossing shot from John Schuler and sent the ball off the crossbar.

Palugta's Perspective
"We were pleased with the (weekend) results for different reasons. On Friday, we were pleased with our attacking performance. Scoring five at home is always a nice feeling and its fun. But to concede four is unacceptable. And that was our focus today. We kept a clean sheet finally. We had conceded eight on our last two games. If you are going to be a championship caliber team, you have to be hard to play against and hard to score on."    

Colorado College Standouts
Kiran Singh is tied with Jackson Silverstein for the team lead with three goals.
Skyler Stark-Ragsdale led the Tigers with two shots.

St. Thomas Standouts
Sophomore goalkeeper Pedro Medrano made three saves.
Fabrizio Policastro and Joshua Lockhart launched three shots apiece for the Celts.

Inside the Box Score
Both teams finished the game with 12 total shots
The Celts had a 6-3 edge in corner kicks.

Notes
The game was the first ever between Colorado College and St. Thomas.
The Tigers improved to 4-2-0.
The Celts slipped to 2-3-0.
 
Next for the Tigers
Colorado College kicks off a run of five consecutive matches when the Tigers travel to southern Texas to face Texas Lutheran University and Southwestern University on Friday and Sunday, respectively.