CLAREMORE, Okla. — Josh Thomas scored his first goal of the season for Southern Nazarene University in a 1-0 win over Rogers State Tuesday night.
 
The Crimson Storm (1-1) slowed down the Hillcats (0-1) offensive attack from the start.
 
The game was a defensive battle the entire match until the 64th minute when Thomas got an assist from Blake Rodgers and Edgar Pineda to give the Storm the 1-0 lead.
 
"We played well tonight," said SNU Head Coach George Schroeder. "We moved the ball well and were able to score a nice goal on a threw ball from Blake Rogers and Edgar Pineda and Josh Thomas had a nice goal."
 
The Storm were dominant on the defensive side of the ball. Rogers State was only able to get five shots on goal and Tyler Wythe came up with seven saves.
 
"We were extremely lucky to pull out the 1-0 win," said Schroeder. "Rogers State put a lot of pressing on us but we finally fought and got the shutout along with two great saves from Tyler Wythe."
 
SNU put five of their 15 shots on goal.
 
Next up for Southern Nazarene is a trip to San Diego, Calif., for a game against Point Loma Nazarene at 6:30 p.m. (CDT).