MONTEVALLO Ala. – The Montevallo men's soccer team earned its fourth-consecutive conference victory after defeating Shorter 3-0 on Friday night to move to 5-0-3 overall with a 4-0-0 conference record.
Senior goalkeeper
Salvador Plaza recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season and his third in a row after stopping all five of Shorter's shots on goal in 90 minutes of action.
Montevallo's offense was highlighted by goals from three different Falcons.
Gabriele Valerio opened the scoring in the 23rd minute off a pass from
Brock Barbee.
Mark Shoebridge scored his first goal of the season in the 78th minute with the assist going to
Otger Vendrell. Senior defender
Mario Gratzl also found the back of the net for the first time in 2022 in the 85th minute with assists from Narcis Bou and
Hugo Cakurda.
HOW IT HAPPENED
6' | Bou fires a shot on goal early that is stopped by Javy Flores.
6' | Edorta Cabieces shoots on target but is denied by Flores.
11' | Plaza stops a shot from Emmanuel Alerte for his first save of the match.
13' | Plaza records his second save of the game.
23' | Valerio finds the back of the net for the third time this season.
53' | Plaza saves his fifth shot of the match to bring his season total to 38.
78' | Shoebridge scores his first goal of the season off a pass from
Otger Vendrell.
85' | Gratzl adds the third and final goal for the Falcons.
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo fired a season-high 31 shots with 13 shots on target.
- Shorter managed just 12 shots with five on goal.
- The Falcons gave up just two corner kicks to Shorter while taking eight of their own.
- Plaza shuts out his third-straight opponent and earns his fourth clean sheet of the season.
- Each team was booked twice in the game.
RECORDS
Montevallo 5-0-3 (4-0-0 GSC)
Shorter 3-5-0 (0-4-0 GSC)
UP NEXT
Montevallo will travel down to Mobile, Ala. to take on Spring Hill on Friday, Sept. 30 at 1 pm.
