Photo by Travis Rosenau: Marshall’s Isaiah Argueta knocks the ball down during a road Big South Conference boys soccer game at New Ulm High School on Thursday night. 

NEW ULM — After picking up a 1-0 victory at New Ulm High School last season in the Big South Conference championship game, the Marshall Tigers found themselves on the other side of a one-goal game Thursday as the Eagles held on for a 1-0 win in a Big South Conference nondivision boys soccer game.

Jackson Ocampo scored the lone goal for the Eagles, now 9-0 on the year, in the 33rd minute of play on an assist by Dan Brownfield.

The Tigers, who fell to 5-5 on the season, recorded nine shots on goal. Those nine shots were stopped by Eagles senior goalie Austin Krohn, who had to make a handful of extra-effort saves in the game, two in the first half.

Marshall goalie Jameson Cornell stopped eight of nine New Ulm shots he saw in net.

Eagles head coach Tim Plocher said the Tigers defended the outsides well and were good on their first touch, but the Eagles’ pressure was the difference maker in the end.

“They had some very fast defenders that could outrun some of our guys, so we just had to get them out of position,” he said. “As far as what they teach their guys and what we teach out guys we have is we put pressure on the ball no matter what, we try to keep our shape when we’re putting pressure on … They’re really good on the first touch, but if you keep the pressure on it doesn’t matter how good your first touch is if you can’t get the ball off.”

Ocampo’s goal was the sixth shot on goal Cornell faced and it came after a solid through pass from Brownfield. Ocampo gathered the ball from the left side and put it in the top right corner of the net in close to give New Ulm the 1-0 lead.

Krohn’s ninth save that led to New Ulm’s ninth victory came in the final six minutes off a free kick from Isaiah MacMurchy. Krohn got both hands on the shot, another high one, and knocked it off the football’s crossbar. The ball did immediately bounce back into play, leaving Krohn to scramble for it and fend off a few Tigers in the goal box, but it was whistled out of play.

Marshall is at Tri-City United for a nonconference game on Tuesday, while New Ulm is at Mankato West on Monday for a nonconference game.