Box Score

LOS ANGELES – Santa Clara men's soccer scored in the first half and LMU got the equalizer in the second half as they played to a 1-all draw in a West Coast Conference match on Saturday in the penultimate game of the season.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Will Wiersdorf got Santa Clara (5-5-7, 2-3-3 WCC) on the board late in the first half off a deflection.  His shot popped up high in the air and with the top spin, dove to the back of the net where goalkeeper Philip Hovers could not do anything about.  It was Wiersdorf's fourth goal of the season 
• Santa Clara put five of their seven shots on frame in the the first half with Hovers making a save on the first four before the goal by Wiersdorf in the 44th minute.  
• LMU (5-5-7, 1-4-3 WCC) got the equalizer on a penalty kick from Daniel Idiakhoa in the 62nd minute for his first tally of the year.  Idiakhoa was awarded the PK when he was pushed from behind by a Bronco defender inside the box.  
• Carter Tseu made his first start for Santa Clara and made five saves.  Hovers had six for the Lions.  
• Wiersdorf and Idiakhoa each had a game-high four shots with all of them being on target for the Bronco junior.  

NOTABLE NUMBERS / GAME NOTES: 

• Santa Clara leads the all-time series 26-17-12.
• It was the seventh draw of the season for the Broncos, tying a program record from 2008.  

POST-GAME COMMENTS:

Head Coach Cam Rast's thoughts on the game:
"LMU is not an easy place to play and they had their senior day so they were motivated to send them off on a good note.  And to their credit, they were really sharp to start.  We did a good job of hanging in there and worked through the early parts of the half and the goal by Will helped.  That was probably our first real good attack of the first half as by then, we had settled.  Alejandro Arenas had a nice long range shot and he also gathered the ball and sent it in where Will got the deflected shot.  So going into the half, we were in a good position.  But they got the PK that tied it and we kept pushing and had good looks and moments but just couldn't get one across.  However, I'm really pleased with the resilience of the team coming back after a tough last game."

NEXT UP:

• Santa Clara play their season finale at home on Senior Day Saturday at 7 p.m. PT.  To purchase tickets, click here.     

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