Alexis Iturria
© Bree Hicken
4
Winner Clayton St. CLY (9-1-0, 5-0-0)
1
Flagler FLG (3-5-3, 2-3-1)
Winner
Clayton St. CLY
(9-1-0, 5-0-0)
4
Final
1
Flagler FLG
(3-5-3, 2-3-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clayton St. CLY 1 3 4
Flagler FLG 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Sam Viebrock, Assistant AD for Communication, SamuelViebrock@clayton.edu

#11 Men's Soccer Rolls Past Flagler on Sunday Afternoon

The Lakers are off to their best start in the PBC in program history

SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The #11 Clayton State University men's soccer team traveled down to the Sunshine State to play Flagler College on Sunday evening.  The Lakers blew past Flagler, 4-1. 
 
The Lakers got off to a quick start as Alexis Iturria, Geo Rios, and Adrian Gallegos all fired in shots in the first 10 minutes of the match.  Mauricio Uribe then stopped a pair of Saint shots in the 25th and 28th minutes.  The Lakers then opened the scoring.  In the 34th minute, off a nice one-touch pass from Iturria, Isami Takuechi sends a laser of a shot past the Saint keeper for the goal. Clayton State pulled ahead 1-0. 
 
The Lakers had a couple more opportunities to ring the cash register in the first half.  In the 37th minute, both teams found themselves in a scrum for the ball in the box and eventually it was possessed by Emmanuel Alerte.  Alerte saw his point-blank shot stopped by the Saint defender as the keeper was out of the box.  Iturria had a similar opportunity to score but the Flagler keeper saved that shot as well.  The Lakers led 1-0 at the end of the first 45 minutes. 
 
Halftime: #11 Clayton State 1, Flagler 0
 
The Lakers kept their foot on the gas to start the second half.  In the 47th minute, Adrian Gallegos put the Lakers up 2-0 after his shot from the left side of the box found the back of the net.  Clayton State was not done yet.  In the 52nd minute, Iturria gathered a loose ball in front of the net and finished for his sixth goal of the season and made the score, 3-0.  Iturria did not settle for just one goal as he scored again a few minutes later.  In the 56th minute, Alexis sent in a shot from the far side of the box for his second goal of the match.  The goal, wwhich was assisted by Wilfried Kamden, made the score, 4-0. 
 
The Lakers played conservatively the rest of the match.  However, in the 71st minute, Flagler tallied a goal and made the score, 4-1.  That goal, ultimately, was too little too late as the Lakers pick up an important road victory over Flagler, 4-1. 
 
MATCH VITALS
Final: #11 Clayton State 4, Flagler 1
Records: #11 Clayton State 10-1-0 (6-0-0 PBC) | Flagler: 3-5-3 (2-3-1 PBC)
Location: Saints Field | Flagler College | Saint Augustine, Fla.
 
QUICK HITS
  • Iturria picked up his fifth and sixth goals of the season, tying him for the team lead.
  • Iturria also notched an assist and led the team with six shots.
  • Takeuchi picked up his first goal of the season.
  • Rios tied the program record for the most matches played by a Laker playing in his 77th career match.  He is tied with Marco Capazario who was at Clayton State from 1998-2001.
  • The Lakers outshot the Saints, 24-11. 
  • Uribe made a pair of saves. 
  • The Lakers are off to their best Peach Belt Conference (PBC) start in program history (6-0)
  • The Lakers clinch their second straight double-digit campaign.  The last time the Lakers saw back-to-back double-digit seasons was the 2010 & 2011 seasons. 
  • Clayton State has outscored opponents 13-3 in the last three matches. 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers travel to Greenwood, S.C. as they play the Lander University Bearcats on Saturday, October 14th.  Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.  The Lakers are seeking their first win at Lander since October 20th, 2007. 
 
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