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LMU Quarterfinals
Griffin Hooper 2023 ©
1
LMU (CA) LMU (10-5-6, 2-3-2)
3
Winner West Virginia WVU (17-2-4, 5-1-3)
LMU (CA) LMU
(10-5-6, 2-3-2)
1
Final
3
West Virginia WVU
(17-2-4, 5-1-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
LMU (CA) LMU 1 0 1
West Virginia WVU 2 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Anderson Opener Not Enough as Lions Fall in Quarters

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - Steven Anderson scored in the second minute of the match, but the Lions fell 3-1 to West Virginia on Saturday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament held at Dick Dlesk Stadium in Morgantown, W. Va. 
 
The Lions used a fast start similar to matches against Virginia and Oregon State to get the opener and quiet down the sold-out crowd. Jovan Prado took a feed on the left wing and slipped it through to a streaking Anderson. A lucky deflection of a Mountaineer defender took the ball right into Anderson's path and left him one on one with the goalkeeper. Anderson finished clinically and wheeled away in celebration. 
 
The Mountaineers equalized in the ninth minute before taking the lead before the clock hit the 20-minute mark.  
 
The Lions continued to battle in their first-ever quarterfinal appearance.  
 
Prado had a great opportunity to score in the 20th minute. Ale Fuentesal recovered a long ball before leading Anderson on the left side. Anderson squared a pass across the face of goal into the path of Prado, but he could not get enough power on the shot to put it past the Mountaineer goalkeeper. 
 
Tyger Smalls, who has been the hero on a pair of occasions in this NCAA Tournament, tried to get himself on the scoresheet in the 30th minute. He received a pass from Okeefe Cunningham in the middle of the pitch and ripped a long-distance effort that went just wide right of the post.  
 
In the 60th minute, the Lions got a jolt of electricity when Tyler Trusner was left alone to rip a volleyed effort from the top of the 18-yard box. The senior hit the ball straight and true and the WVU goalkeeper had to parry it away.  
 
The Mountaineers added one more in the 67th minute, but the Lions did not give in. 
 
Trusner again provided some shock to the crowd after Smalls won a free kick just outside the penalty area. Trusner drilled a left-footed effort off the crossbar, inches away from grabbing some momentum. 
 
Massimo Oedekoven Pomponi notched three saves in the match. 
 
The Lions finish the season with their farthest tournament run ever, finishing as one of the final eight teams alive.  
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