SMU Soccer Downs Marshall

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DALLAS (SMU) – The No. 19 SMU men’s soccer team defeated Marshall, 1-0, in overtime on Senior Day Sunday afternoon at Westcott Field. Sophomore Tyler Engel scored the game’s lone goal. With the win, SMU improves to 10-3-3 on the season and holds the top spot in Conference USA with a 6-1 mark. Marshall is now 11-4-1 this year and 3-4 in league play.

After a scoreless 90 minutes of play, Engel broke through with a goal just 1:13 into the first overtime. Junior Juan Castillo ran up the right side to the end line and fed a pass to Engel. Engel then cut a defender and fired a shot just inside the near post from eight yards out. The goal was Engel’s team-leading eighth tally of the season. He also leads the Mustangs in points (22), assists (6) and game-winning goals (5).

Goalkeeper Jaime Ibarra made three saves on the afternoon to earn his sixth shutout of the season.

Seniors Ben Hill, T.J. Nelson, Juan Robles and Ryan Rosenbaum were honored in a pregame ceremony.

SMU closes out the regular season at Memphis at 7 p.m. on Friday. The game will be televised on the FOX Soccer channel. Dallas listings are as follows: DirecTV – 619, Dish Network – 406, AT&T U-verse – 654/1654 (HD) and Verizon FIOS – 84/584 (HD).