Air Force Academy
Denver
Falcons Drop 1-0 Decision to DU
10/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 28, 2006
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Ben Mendozza scored the game-winning goal in the 77th minute despite being a man down as the University of Denver men's soccer team shut out Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Air Force 1-0 Saturday at Pioneer Field. The Pioneers improved to 11-3-2 overall and are still atop the league standings at 7-0-1. Air Force saw its two-game winning streak snapped and fell to 4-11-1 overall and 3-5 in the MPSF.
The Pioneers outshot Air Force 8-3 in the first half with the best scoring opportunity coming in the 11th minute when Josh Fallin sent a point blank shot into the reaching grasp of a diving Falcon keeper Brian Guyette. The game was scoreless entering the second half.
Air Force came out with a mission after halftime and kept up with Denver answering seven of their nine shots. The game continued to be competitive until it escalated in the 66th minute which resulted in a red card issued to DU defender Colin Jones.
Denver regrouped and kept the Falcons from scoring, despite the fact that the Pioneers were a man down. The Pioneers finally scored the lone goal of the game in the 77th minute when Mendozza pounded in a lead pass from James Merriman. DU goalkeeper Matt Bredehoft earned his seventh shutout of the season with four saves, while Guyette had seven.
The Falcons play their final two regular season games next weekend when they face New Mexico on Friday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Albuquerque, N.M., and UNLV on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nev.
