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Flurry of firsts in 4-0 Men’s Soccer victory
8/24/2025 4:02:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Three players with career firsts in Tommies first win of 2025
CHICAGO, Ill. – St. Thomas Men's Soccer (1-0-1) erupted for three goals in 10 minutes during the first half of its 4-0 victory over the Chicago State Cougars (0-2-0) on Sunday afternoon at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep. Mathis Guffroy, Yanis Lakhlifi (two goals), and Kevin Sliva each scored their first goals as Tommies.
Scoring Summary
First Half
-Summit League Offensive Player to Watch, Mathis Guffroy secured the first goal of his Tommie career (and the Tommies' first goal of the season) in the 13th minute after a perfectly placed pass from Jorge Pacheco, who got the start against the Cougars after coming off the bench against Presbyterian.
-Yanis Lakhlifi was asked to take the first penalty kick of the season and answered the call with is first career in Purple in the 21st minute.
-Lakhlifi scored again less than three minutes later in the 24th minute from Guffroy.
Second Half
-Kevin Sliva scored in the 58th minute to sew up the Tommie victory from Guffroy who finished the game with four points. Sliva had played 20 games as a Tommie without scoring a goal.
Quick Hits
-Ronan Selbo and Gabriel Verona each played all 90 minutes, they have played all 180 minutes of the season thus far.
-Moritz Krenc made two saves in goal to complete the second clean sheet of the season.
-The Tommies outshot the Cougars 15-8 overall and 9-2 on goal.
-The Purple were whistled for 14 fouls against the Cougars' eight. Tommy Kniser received the only yellow card for the Tommies, it was his first caution of 2025.
-Baraka Kania placed four shots on goal, he led every player in that category.
-Kevin Sliva made use of his 33 minutes with a goal off the bench, the first of the season for the Tommies.
Tommie Tidbits
-This is the largest margin of victory for the Tommies in the DI era.
-It is also the first four-goal game in program history (three three goal games).
-Mathis Guffroy's four-point performance was the seventh in DI program history, no player has yet to tally five points.
-Lakhlifi's brace was the fifth in DI program history.
-The shutout was Krenc's third of his career and the 10th in the Tommie's DI program history. It is the second time in program history that the Tommies recorded back-to-back shutouts, the first was in October of 2021 against Omaha and Milwaukee, Niklas Martensson was in goal for both games.
-This was the first win in program history in road openers, the Toms are now 1-4-0.
Quoting Coach Lowery
This win was a positive end to the week. It was great to get the team on the road and grow the culture. We improved in areas of concern from our home opener and continued to learn what will be our best version of ourselves as a team. The work will continue as we look forward to another opportunity on South Field this Thursday against Utah Tech.
Up Next
The Tommies return home for a matchup with Utah Tech, a program they have never played before, on Thursday, August 28 at noon out at South Field in St. Paul.
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Team Stats
Mathis Guffroy (1)
Assisted By: Jorge Pacheco
GOAL by STU Guffroy, Mathis Assist by Pacheco, Jorge.
12:26
Yanis Lakhlifi (1)
STU Yanis Lakhlifi PENALTY KICK GOAL.
20:26
Yanis Lakhlifi (1)
Assisted By: Mathis Guffroy
GOAL by STU Lakhlifi, Yanis Assist by Guffroy, Mathis.
23:11
Kevin Sliva (1)
Assisted By: Mathis Guffroy
GOAL by STU Sliva, Kevin Assist by Guffroy, Mathis.
57:14
