DALLAS (SMU) – SMU men's soccer team opened its season in convincing fashion, earning a 4-0 shutout victory over Oral Roberts on Thursday night at Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium.
Jose Ortiz led the way for the Mustangs with a three-goal performance opening the season, scoring in the first 22 seconds of play:
Shortly after, in the 10th minute, Ortiz scored off a diving header assisted by
Alexander Petraeus and
Henry Howell. Ortiz completed the hat trick in the 64th minute after cashing in on a penalty kick.
"Jose was excellent," head coach
Kevin Hudson said. "We knew he had it in him. He put himself in good spots. He's consistently done that, so to get a couple of good goals takes a little weight off his shoulders and shows the belief the team had in him."
Just before the halftime break, freshman
Elton Hedstrom scored his first collegiate goal, heading one in the left side of the net from a Kyran Pinho and
Roman Knox assist.
The Mustangs improve to 10-0 all-time against the Golden Eagles.
SMU has a quick turnaround as they head to Stanford for the first road match of the year Sunday at 9 p.m. CT on Stanford Live Stream.
