Colorado College defeated St. Thomas (TX) 5-1 on Friday. Colorado College generated sustained late pressure, recording six shots and two corners from 79:49 to 89:42 as the score moved from 3-1 to 5-1. Colorado College recorded season highs of 30 shots, 19 shots on goal and four assists in the game.
First Half
- Colorado College created early pressure with
JT Newbury hitting the left woodwork at 8:36 before
Spencer Besselaar saved a St. Thomas (TX) shot at 10:45.
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Jack Hilliard opened the scoring at 16:13 off
Teddy Opler's assist, and Colorado College continued to generate chances, including saved shots from
Arlo Sollinger and
Whit Hynes.
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Grayson Capodanno made it 2-0 at 28:31 from
Dylan Stapley's assist, and Opler converted a penalty kick at 35:06 to extend the lead to 3-0. Stapley recorded his first assist of the season.
- Colorado College added a corner kick and two more shots after the third goal, while St. Thomas (TX) had a shot, a corner kick and a yellow card late as the half ended with Colorado College ahead 3-0.
Second Half
- Colorado College created the first sustained pressure after halftime, earning four corner kicks from 48:56 to 53:41 and putting a Hynes shot on goal that Max Rodriguez saved.
- St. Thomas (TX) pushed back with two shots and a corner before Tony Castro scored from Lucas Briet at 61:17 to make it 3-1.
- Colorado College continued to generate chances after the goal, with Rodriguez saving attempts from Hilliard, Sollinger and
Dylan Rich before Joshua Aguirre was shown a red card at 73:02.
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Jack Spirito scored from Sollinger at 80:58 to make it 4-1. It was Spirito's first goal of the season. After Besselaar saved a St. Thomas (TX) shot at 85:55, Hilliard finished a
Teddy Opler assist at 89:13 for the final goal in a 5-1 win.
Hilliard scored twice and finished with seven shots, including five on goal. His two goals were a career high, and his five shots on goal also marked a career high. Opler tallied four points with a goal and two assists while taking four shots. Opler reached 10 total assists, contributing two in the current game, and recorded a season high with two assists. Capodanno scored the game-winning goal on one of his two shots. It was Capodanno's first game-winning goal of the season. Sollinger added an assist and matched Hilliard with seven shots, five of them on goal. Sollinger reached 10 points for the season. Hynes notched a career-high four shots on goal.
Colorado College is 8-2-1 overall and 3-0-0 in conference play. St. Thomas (TX) is 3-5-1 overall and 1-1-0 in conference play.
Up next, Colorado College soccer team hosts Centenary on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. at Stewart Field Home.
