Box Score DENVER, Colo. – After clinching their spot in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Tournament on Wednesday, the No. 11 ranked Regis University Rangers men's soccer team (11-2-1, 8-2-1 RMAC) sparred with the Colorado State University-Pueblo Thunderwolves (7-8, 5-6 RMAC) on Sunday afternoon beating the visitors 8-0.
In a very one-sided affair, Regis exploded for eight unanswered goals in highest scoring output for the Rangers since 2009. Redshirt-senior
Ryan Urwiller (2 G, 1 A) set the pace when he charged his way into the offensive zone for RU, causing a defender to go tumbling onto his backside, and then rocketing a low-driven shot by the goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the opening half. Freshman
Felix Feuerlein picked up the assist on the play, the defender's first of the season.
Nearly 24 minutes later the home team was given a penalty kick after a CSU-Pueblo player stuck his hand out to defend a sure goal from soaring into the net and was consequently given a red card. Sophomore
Noah Chapleski (2 G, 2 A) stepped up and crushed a ball to the left of the goalkeeper who made a diving save. Chapleski tracked down the rebound and finessed the ball past the keeper on his second try to put RU ahead 2-0 in the 27
th minute.
After the Thunderwolves were given another red card, giving Regis a two-man advantage, the goals started pouring in. Redshirt-junior
Eduardo Belmar received a pass from Chapleski and curved his shot around a diving goalkeeper in the 40
th minute, bringing the score to 3-0 in favor of the home team.
Chapleski found himself in another goal-scoring opportunity, one on one with the opposition's goalkeeper and he blasted home his second goal of the game as junior
Sawyer Lincoln (2 G, 1 A) picked up the assist. Only 60 seconds later, the roles switched as Chapleski delivered a fine through ball to Lincoln who faced a one on one situation with the goalie. Lincoln did exactly as his teammate did and scored his first goal of the match in the 62
nd minute. Rangers ahead 5-0.
Seniors
Jacob Martinez, and
Chris Walker were the next two players to net goals with Urwiller assisting on both. Lincoln capped off the day with his second goal of the contest in the 77th minute with Walker earning his first assist of the season on the play. RU finished with eight goals to their credit and the defense reached double-digits earning their tenth shutout of the season.
Regis blasted the third-most shots in a single-game in program history as they outshot the opposition 35-8. The Rangers put 13 of their shots on target and limited CSU-Pueblo to only four. Corner kicks were also won by the home team by a count of 8-3, and senior
Ciaran Gibson (5-1) picked up his fifth victory of the year making three saves on the day.
The final two games of the season for the No.11 ranked men's soccer team will be played on the Regis Match Pitch next weekend. The first match will be Friday, October 28 as conference leading No. 14 Colorado Mesa University (12-1-3, 11-0-1 RMAC) makes the visit to Regis. Two days later, the team will play Westminster College (3-12, 2-10 RMAC) on their Senior Day, October 30, at 11 a.m.
