LACEY, Wash. – There was no shortage of action as the Saints and Western Washington went back-and-forth in goals. But a hat trick from Western Washington's Gilbert De La Luz headlined the Vikings' 4-3 victory.
Western Washington (3-7, 1-1) opened the action with a goal in the 14th minute, the first of the day by De La Luz. Then just six minutes later, Western Washington punched in an own goal to tie the match at 1-1. In the 32nd minute, Alex Whiting of WWU gave the Vikings a lead with his first goal of the year.
Out of halftime, it was
Ethan Jud punched in his second goal of the season on a scrum in front of the net to tie up the match. The Saints struck again in the 59th minute when
Brian Licona filtered a ball down the line to
Jason Fairhurst. Fairhurst crossed the ball to the top of the box to a wide-open
David Settle who found the back left corner of the net to put SMU on top 3-2.
The Saints' lead held until the 71st minute when De La Luz recorded his second goal. Eleven minutes later, the Vikings, and De La Luz scored the game-winning goal.
Saint Martin's recorded 12 shots in the match, with four landing on target. Four different Saints recorded two shots, and four had one shot.
Hunter Askland saw 18 shots, making four saves, and allowed four goals.
The Saints travel to Montana State Billings on Thursday, October 7 at 2:30 PM for their next GNAC match. Live stats and video of the match will be available on smusaints.com.
