Men’s Soccer Loses To MVC Foe Tulsa, 3-1 10/18/02
DeMello Records Sixth Goal of Season in Loss

TULSA, Okla. - The Vanderbilt men’s soccer team continues its season long struggle, as it fell to Tulsa 3-1 on Friday evening at the Donna J. Hardesty Sports Complex. The Golden Hurricane victory avenged last season’s 2-1 OT loss to the Commodores back in Nashville. With the loss, Vanderbilt falls to 2-12 overall and 0-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference, while Tulsa moves to 9-5 overall and 3-2 in the MVC.

Vanderbilt’s only goal of the evening came in the 54th minute, when senior Nik DeMello scored on Tulsa goalkeeper Brent Satler. For DeMello, it was his sixth goal of the season, and it tied him for eighth on the all-time Vanderbilt goal-scoring list with 20 (Pat Galvin - 20, 1988-91).

Tulsa received offensive output from several players. Midfielder Mario Gonzalez finished the evening with one goal and one assist, while midfielder Derek Myers also chipped in with one goal and one assist. On the three goals the Golden Hurricane registered, they had five assists to go along with them.

Vanderbilt was outshot 18-7 for the contest, while goalkeeper Brad Winter recorded eight saves on top of allowing three goals. Satler made four saves in net for Tulsa to go along with allowing the one goal.

The Commodores will look to end their losing skid at 3 p.m. Sunday when they take on No. 6-ranked Southern Methodist at Westcott Field in Dallas. The Mustangs lead the all-time series with the Commodores, 4-0.

Goals
UT: Mario Gonzalez (James Dabney, Bryan Rudd) - 23:00
UT: Kris Glasser (Gonzalez, Derek Myers) - 26:21
VU: Nik DeMello (Unassisted) - 53:37
UT: James Dabney (Matt Wiley, Glasser) - 67:32