LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Spalding University men's soccer team kept their postseason hopes alive topping Webster, 2-1, Wednesday at Champions Trace.
THE BASICSFINAL: Spalding def. Webster, 2-1
LOCATION: Champions Trace; Louisville, Ky.
RECORD: Spalding (8-8-0; 5-3-0); Webster (5-10-0; 4-2-1)
THE STARTERS1 –
Logan Spencer, 2 –
Jacob Holehan, 4 –
Stephen Schmuck, 5 –
Tenko Kono, 8 –
Jacob McMurry, 9 –
Abdullahi Abdullahi, 11 –
Sergio Olvera-Vancini, 12 –
Austin Lanham, 16 –
Jacob Kirby, 17 –
Cheikh GueyeHOW IT HAPPENED- The Gorloks wasted little time getting on the board, Drew Quisenberry found the foot of Filip Dilila who fired a shot past SU keeper
Logan Spencer.
- The Golden Eagles answered in the 37
th minute when freshman
Zach Fonda found Jacob McMurray who fired a shot in the back of the net to knot the score at one goal apiece.
- Freshman
Tenko Kono slotted the game-winner following some beautiful passing from McMurry and Holehan that ended up finding the foot of Kono in the box.
KEY STATS- With his goal against Webster, freshman
Tenko Kono now has five tallies on the season ranking second on the team and ninth in the conference.
- With the win, the Golden Eagles improve to 5-2-0 in SLIAC play ranking third in the conference standings.
UP NEXTThe Golden Eagles will be back on the pitch Saturday at 2:00 p.m. EST hosting Blackburn College.