Tigers Turn In Second-Straight Road Clean Sheet, 3-0 at UCF

Sunday, October 3

Orlando, Fla.

5 P.M.

University of Memphis

3-6-1, 2-2-0

UCF

5-4-0, 3-1-0

Memphis

UCF

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Tigers Turn In Second-Straight Road Clean Sheet, 3-0 at UCF

Oct 03, 2021 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Memphis Tigers picked up their second-straight road shutout win, handing UCF its first American Athletic Conference loss of the year Sunday night in Orlando, Fla., 3-0.

Memphis improves to 3-6-1 (2-2-0 AAC) with the victory, which came after a 2-0 triumph at Temple Wednesday. UCF is now 5-4-0 overall and 3-1-0 in the conference on the year.

Until tonight, since 2017 UCF was 15-0-3 in matches contested in the month of October.

KEY MOMENTS

Memphis got on the board in the 36th minute, with Maxi Galizzi touching a corner kick cross over to Artur De Luca who put it home.
Freshman goalkeeper Colin Welsh made a key save three minutes into the second half to keep the 1-0 lead.
Toby McCallum saved a potential goal with a fantastic tackle in the 58th minute.
De Luca and Galizzi linked up for the second time in the 59th minute, making it 2-0 Tigers.
The Knights had a dangerous free kick in the 73rd minute deep in Memphis' territory, but Welsh saved the header try.
UCF again had a look in the 82nd minute, but Welsh made a diving save and then knocked away the ensuing corner kick.
Gabriel Christensen sealed the win with a chip-shot goal in the 85th minute off an assist from Galizzi, his third of the match.

NOTABLES

Welsh made seven saves in the match, with many coming against heavy UCF pressure down the stretch.
De Luca's goals were his first two of the season, and Christensen scored his second.
Galizzi has a team-high 11 points on the year, with four goals and three assists.
Memphis had not had back-to-back shutout wins since Oct. 20 and Oct. 23, 2018, both of which were also on the road (at Tulsa, at Lipscomb).
The Tigers were highly efficient in the match, scoring their three goals on five shots on-goal.

UP NEXT

Memphis now returns home to play SMU Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
After that, the Tigers head to South Florida on Friday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. CT.

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