THURSDAY'S SCORES
@SIUE 3, HCU 1
SIUE 3, HCU 1
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE men's soccer won its 10th game of the season Saturday, downing Houston Christian 3-1 in front of nearly 2,400 fans at the annual Homecoming game at Korte Stadium.
SIUE remained unbeaten at 10-0-3 and has 10 wins in a season for the first time since the 2016 season and just the fourth time since the return to Division I play in 2008. The Cougars are 5-0-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play.
Houston Christin slipped to 3-6-5 overall and 1-2-3 in OVC play.
Jacob Bilyeu found the back of the net just 2:03 into the game on assists from Alsadiq Hasan and Jake Karolczak.
Will Harris gave SIUE a 2-0 lead going into the half when he headed home off a corner kick from Stephan Moreira in the 40th minute.
Pavel Dashin gave SIUE a 3-0 advantage in the 49th minute when Ignacio Abea Pou carried into the box where he was upended. The ball came to Dashin, who slid home from 18 yards out before the foul could be called against HCU.
The Huskies pulled one back in the 74th minute. Ricardo Garcia cashed in from the top of the box when the ball deflected in past SIUE goalkeeper Sam Gomez.
SIUE outshot HCU 15-10. Gomez made six saves for SIUE while Alex Aitken made five for HCU.
The win moves the Cougars to 13-2 in Homecoming games since returning to Division I.