ROUND ROCK, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran men's soccer team (12-4-3) captured the 2025 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Men's Soccer Tournament Championship, 1-0, over the Colorado College Tigers (12-1-6) on Sunday at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in front of a large pack of TLU fans.
It was the third tournament title in program history joining the team's 2002 American Southwest Conference (ASC) Championship and the 2019 SCAC Tournament Championship. The championship win is the second in as many chances in the SCAC Tournament Championship with both coming against Colorado College.
In the 19th minute, senior
Evan Bremauntz (Grapevine/Colleyville Heritage) found senior
Carlos Longoria (Brownsville/Rivera) who sent a ball from around 30 yards out screaming past the Tigers keeper for the game winner. The goal was his first of the season and just the third of his career. Following the match, Longoria was named the Tournament's Offensive MVP.
Freshman defender
Alex Hart (Missouri City/Ridge Point) was named the tournament's Defensive MVP.
TLU held the high-scoring Tigers offense to no shots in the first half before
Ernesto Avila (Houston/Humble) made three second half saves to keep them off the board and seal the championship. With the shutout win, Avila set a new single-season record for shutouts with ten on the season, surpassing the previous record of 9.5 held by current TLU goalkeepers coach
Noel Pena. The ten shutouts also tie the program record for shutouts in a season - a feat last accomplished in 2023.
Texas Lutheran outshot Colorado College 22-11 and had four more corner kicks, 6-2.
Longoria and Hart were joined by
Evan Bremauntz on the all-tournament team.
Texas Lutheran awaits who it will face in the 2025 NCAA Division-III Men's Soccer Tournament during the selection show set for Monday at 10:30 AM.
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