Aggies soccer

Men's Soccer

Murray bows out with national tourney loss

Box Score By Kevin Farr
Murray State Sports Information

WICHITA, Kan. – Murray State's record-breaking men's soccer season came to an end Monday evening with a 2-1 loss to sixth seeded Eastern Florida State in the NJCAA National Championships at Stryker Sports Complex.

The Aggies put on another strong defensive performance through more than 80 minutes of the contest before the Titans erupted with a pair of decisive goals in less than a minute against the leg weary Murray State squad, which had boasted more than 190 scoreless minutes in just over 24 hours.

Coach Alex Morais' club finished a historic campaign with an 18-2-1 record.

Despite battling against a stiff wind in the second half, the Aggies finally got on the offensive scoreboard when Gui Alves blasted through a shot off a Nicolo Donadio assist with only 3:22 remaining. That proved to be one of only two shots on goal in the contest for Murray State with the other coming via a first half opportunity by Ryosuke Miyata, whose strike was blocked by the Titan goalkeeper nearly 27 minutes into the contest.

Murray State keeper Francisco Pinochet notched eight saves as Eastern Florida State peppered the goal with 10 shots throughout the match.

Miyata finished with three total shots in the game as Alves contributed two and Shuto Ishikawa the other.





 
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Players Mentioned

Gui Alves

#5 Gui Alves

D
Sophomore
Ryosuke Miyata

#10 Ryosuke Miyata

M
Sophomore
Francisco Pinochet

#12 Francisco Pinochet

GK
Freshman
Nicolo Donadio

#18 Nicolo Donadio

D
Freshman
Shuto Ishikawa

#30 Shuto Ishikawa

F
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Gui Alves

#5 Gui Alves

Sophomore
D
Ryosuke Miyata

#10 Ryosuke Miyata

Sophomore
M
Francisco Pinochet

#12 Francisco Pinochet

Freshman
GK
Nicolo Donadio

#18 Nicolo Donadio

Freshman
D
Shuto Ishikawa

#30 Shuto Ishikawa

Freshman
F