Luca Ortu
Will Thompson
0
Thompson Rivers TRU (1-11-2, 1-11-2)
1
Winner UBC Okanagan UBCO (4-8-3, 4-8-3)
Thompson Rivers TRU
(1-11-2, 1-11-2)
0
Final
1
UBC Okanagan UBCO
(4-8-3, 4-8-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Thompson Rivers TRU 0 0 0
UBC Okanagan UBCO 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | TRU WolfPack

Another late game heartbreaker for WolfPack

QUICK FIRE
  • The Achilles Heel of the Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's soccer team struck again Saturday night as a final minute goal from the UBCO Okanagan Heat handed the 'Pack a 1-0 defeat.
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Luca Ortu was fantastic for TRU, making six saves in the game - including several from point-blank range. Minwoo Kang and Marcus D'Andrea both fired a pair of shots on goal.
  • Spencer Mellett fired home the game winner in the 88th minute for the Heat, while goalkeeper Ronan Woodroffe made six stops for the shutout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • A tight first half saw the 'Pack outshoot UBCO by a tally of 2-1 but the game remained scoreless through 45 minute of play.
  • Ortu made his first of many big stops in the game in the 50th minute. Alex Sol was all alone with time and space just outside the six-yard box but Ortu was able to parry away the attacker's close-range blast.
  •  TRU nearly took the lead seven minutes later after a great run by Liam Freathy and good passing from Kang ended up with the ball on the foot of Coulibaly, but his shot was blocked by a diving defender before it could reach the net.
  • Coulibaly again made an impact just five minutes later when his cutting run into the 18-yard box forced a Heat defender to pull him down for a penalty shot. Unfortunately for fans of TRU, the effort from the penalty spot was stopped by Woodroffe.
  • Disaster struck for TRU in the 78th minute when a second yellow card assessed to Ranjeet Brar forced the 'Pack to play the remainder of the game with ten men on the field.
  • Ortu made a pair of outstanding stops down the stretch of the game but a relentless Heat attack proved to be too much for the WolfPack to handle as Mellett found the lone goal of the game in the 88th minute of action.
NOTABLE
  • Shots on goal were 7-6 in favour of UBCO.
  • Ortu's six saves were the second-most he's made in a single game in his young WolfPack career.
  • The WolfPack have two games remaining in their season.
UP NEXT
  • TRU will return home next weekend where they will wrap up their 2024 campaign with a pair of games at Hillside Stadium. On Saturday night, the WolfPack will honour Mikkel Rosenlund and Olivier Jumeau in the final home games of their WolfPack career.
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