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3
Winner Fort Lewis FLC (10-3-4, 6-1-3)
0
Colorado Mesa CMU (10-3-5, 5-1-4)
Winner
Fort Lewis FLC
(10-3-4, 6-1-3)
3
Final
0
Colorado Mesa CMU
(10-3-5, 5-1-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Fort Lewis FLC 2 1 3
Colorado Mesa CMU 0 0 0
MSOC Captures 2023 RMAC Regular Season Title at Colorado Mesa - Oct. 29, 2023
Hayden Mangan, Fort Lewis Athletic Communications
Fort Lewis captures its conference-leading seventh regular season championship title.

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Hayden Mangan, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

No. 23 Skyhawks blank No. 17 Mavericks to capture RMAC Men’s Soccer Regular Season title

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Guided by Anton Hjalmarsson's two goals on the afternoon and Lucas Martin's second clean sheet in goal, the 23rd-ranked Fort Lewis men's soccer team willed its way to a stunning 3-0 shutout over 17th-ranked Colorado Mesa University on the Mavericks' home pitch to capture the 2023 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regular Season title.
 
"Today was just a dominant performance," Fort Lewis College Head Coach David Oberholtzer shared. "Being picked ninth in the preseason poll definitely put a chip on this team's shoulders throughout the season. The effort, how this team went about it all season, I am just so proud of the guys."
 
Fort Lewis has captured its first RMAC Championship title since 2011 and moved to 10-3-4 overall while finishing the year at 6-1-3 in conference play. The Mavericks take their first conference loss of the season and drop to 10-3-5 overall and 5-1-4 in RMAC contests. FLC, having captured the number-one seed for the conference tournament, will take a first-round bye and host the winner of Thursday's match between the fourth and fifth-seeded teams next Sunday, Nov. 5, on Dirks Field.
 
The Skyhawks took command of the pace early and forced Colorado Mesa on its heels throughout the opening half. Fort Lewis attached the Mavericks' goal early, taking 13 of its 19 total shots in the match in the first half while focusing 10 total shots on goal.  CMU recorded 12 shots but only placed five between the posts.
 
Loic Jean-Baptiste ignited the FLC offense in the 27th minute when the redshirt senior drove untouched to the right side of CMU's penalty box and found a crossing Anton Hjalmarsson for the goal.
 
As the offensive pressure continued, Fort Lewis finally broke through again in the 37th minute. On a corner kick, David Citron provided a slicing set piece into the box and Adnan Elaqad high-pointed the ball with a header to capture the 2-0 lead and his first goal of the season.
 
Out of the half, Colorado Mesa found the offensive adjustment necessary to begin to force the Skyhawks into its own defending half. However, a defensive miscue in the 67th minute put Hjalmarsson one-on-one with the Mavs keeper behind the back line, and the freshman would not be denied as he found the open net and his tenth goal of the season to seal the match.
 
In just his second clean sheet of the season, Martin made five saves to Colorado Mesa's Diego Chavez with seven.
 
Notables
­-Fort Lewis has captured its first conference championship, regular season or tournament, since 2011 when the Skyhawks won the NCAA Division II National Championship.
-The Skyhawks secure double-digit wins on the season for the first time since 2019.
-Hjalmarsson tallied his third two-goal match of the season to tie Gabriel Legendre with 10 goals scored this season. Hjalmarsson is now tied for the second-most goals in the conference with Legendre while holding the second-most assists with eight.
-Jean-Baptiste and Citron each secured their third assist of the season.
 
RMAC Tournament
Fort Lewis owns the number-one seed in the conference tournament and a first-round by on Thursday, Nov. 2. The Skyhawks will look to next Sunday, Nov. 5, as they host the winners of Thursday's match between the conference's fourth and fifth seeds which have yet to be decided following the final day of conference play. The match's start time has yet to be determined.
 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
27:54
FLC Anton Hjalmarsson (10)
Assisted By: Loic Jean-Baptiste
GOAL by FLC Hjalmarsson, Anton Assist by Jean-Baptiste, Loic.
37:26
FLC Adnan Elaqad (1)
Assisted By: David Citron
GOAL by FLC Elaqad, Adnan Assist by Citron, David.
67:40
FLC Anton Hjalmarsson (10)
Assisted By: David Citron
GOAL by FLC Hjalmarsson, Anton Assist by Citron, David.

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