SAN ANTONIO -- No. 8 St. Mary's scored two goals off of rebounds and recorded its 11th clean sheet in its last 12 matches to beat Midwestern State 2-0 Wednesday night at Sigma Beta Chi Field.

The Mustangs suffered their second straight loss to fall to 8-4-2 on the season and fell into seventh place in the Lone Star Conference standings at 2-4 with six points.

St. Mary's took full advantage of a free kick in the 43rd minute of the match.

Sophomore Bradley Greene launched a free kick from just beyond halfway into the box which was headed out to Jalil Blalock, who settled the ball and intended a shot from just outside the 18-yard box.

But Juan Jose Valdez Lopez trapped the ball, wheeled and struck a shot toward the right post.

MSU goalkeeper Adam Braman made a diving save to his left but was unable to hold on to the ball allowing Dani Gimena to tap it in for his first goal of the season to stake the Rattlers to a 1-0 lead.

St. Mary's (9-0-5, 5-0-1 LSC) tacked on a goal in the 52nd minute after MSU's Colby Parton whistled for a foul just outside of the 18-yard box.

Sebastian Rivera hammered a shot on goal off of the free kick that, once again, was saved by Braman before Deni Cresto tapped in the rebound for his second goal of the season.

Midwestern State produced a quality opportunity on its first shot of the match in the 14th minute. Freshman Eduardo Cerna put a cross from the left attacking channel right on the far post for a charging Omar Boutari.

Unfortunately, Boutari's header was knocked right into St. Mary's goalkeeper Andre Schalaefli, who pushed away the shot by reacting with two hands in front of his chest.

It was the Mustangs' only shot on goal in nine attempts for the match as Schalaefli closed his 10th shutout of the season and eighth in the last nine games.

Midwestern State returns to Stang Park Saturday night against Dallas Baptist. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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