Crosstown rivals tie in men’s soccer match

From ORU Sports
Jarrett Hardwick, Media Relations Assistant

TULSA – The Oral Roberts men’s soccer team tied Tulsa, 3-3, Tuesday evening at the Hurricane Soccer Stadium.

Tulsa’s Munashe Raranje scored the first goal for the Golden Hurricane when he scored from 20 yards out at the 21 minute mark.

ORU (6-6-2) tied the match in the second half at the 67 minute mark when Matthew Rogers scored his third goal of the season off of a crossbar deflection that was shot by Colton Haskin. Haskin was credited with the assist.

Isaac Fraley put ORU up 2-1 at the 78 minute mark when he scored off of a Santiago Riveros free kick. Riveros was credited with an assist and it was his eighth of the season.

Tulsa’s Koray Easterling answered with a goal to tie the game 2-2 at the 81 minute mark from five yards out.

Santiago Riveros put the Golden Eagles up 3-2 at the 85 minute mark when he scored off of a 40 yard free kick.

The Golden Hurricane (7-4-3)  answered and made the score 3-3 with four minutes remaining in the second half when Matthew Puig scored on a penalty kick.

Inside the Box Score

  • ORU was out-shot by Tulsa 26-7 in the match. The Golden Eagles had four shots on goal.
  • Thibaut Giquel played all 90 minutes in tonight’s contest and recorded seven saves.
  • A physical game between the two teams allowed 32 fouls and three yellow cards.
  • Santiago Riveros recorded one shot on goal, one goal and one assist. It was his eighth assist of the season.
  • Isaac Fraley took one shot on goal and recorded one goal. It was his second goal of the season.
  • Matthew Rogers took two shots with one being on goal and scored one goal. It was his third goal of the season.
  • Colton Haskin took one shot throughout the night and recorded his third assist on the season.
  • Nick Evans took one shot throughout the match.
  • Tyler LaCourse recorded one shot on goal in the match.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will take the field again on Saturday, October 22 as they take on league opponent Denver. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m.

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