'Eaters, Gaels Battle to Scoreless Draw

Monday, September 11

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

3-1-2, 0-0-0

Saint Mary's

3-1-2, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Saint Mary's (CA)	0	0	0
UC Irvine	0	0	0

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Photo by: Robert Huskey

'Eaters, Gaels Battle to Scoreless Draw

September 11, 2023 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

IRVINE, Calif. --- A pair of 3-1-1 squads went at it Monday night at Anteater Stadium as neither UC Irvine or Saint Mary's budged on the defensive end to the tune of a 0-0 draw.

UC IRVINE 0, SAINT MARY'S 0

Despite nothing in the back of the net, UCI continues their streak of out-shooting their opponents which they've done in each match this season, and in every match UCI has registered 11 or more shots while allowing less than 10
The defense got back to shutout form, its third of the season, and allowing just a single shot on target which Luke Pruter handled off a tricky deflection in the 77th minute
UCI's offense had a few different sequences with multiple shots blocked or saved as their golden chances. The Anteaters put up four shots in the final five minutes of the first half with Jake Means' low liner blocked on impact to start followed by Juan Barragan-Manzo at the top of the box blocked and Brady Treinen sending the rebound high
Means got the sequence going again in the 58th minute getting a header punched away at impact and the clearance fell to Francesco Montanile who had a consecutive shots blocked away
UCI's final push in the 89th minute was their best opportunity as they played up the right wing with Ricardo Ibarra centering a ball to Noah Clarkson. His toe poke was stopped and went to a leaping Jake Means whose header was caught to thwart the flurry
Luke Pruter earned the shutout facing just one shot on target for his seventh career clean sheet and second 0-0 final of the year
The 'Eaters turned five shots on target all saved by Saint Mary's Jack Landreth
Making his first career start was Isaac Powell in his 15th career match. The 'Eaters were without fifth-year midfielder Oscar Cervantes after he picked up his fifth yellow of the year last match

Starting Crew - Game 6#TogetherWeZot #RipEm pic.twitter.com/w5emP7lFrM
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) September 12, 2023

Big stop by Luke recovering off the deflection #RipEm pic.twitter.com/OqD6ZFolq5
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) September 12, 2023

Noah and Jake golden chances turned away #TWZ pic.twitter.com/WJx7HUIGmp
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) September 12, 2023

Ricardo and the defense again steal the show #TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/nA6KxBmM1t
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) September 12, 2023

The 'Eaters are now 3-1-2 on the year finishing their brief homestand 1-1-1. Saint Mary's goes to 3-1-2 to match UCI. Next up is a road trip to New Haven, Connecticut to take on Yale of the Ivy League, Saturday, September 16 with a 4:00 p.m. PT kickoff