COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Spalding University men's soccer team saw their postseason hopes dashed falling to Westminster, 3-0, Saturday in Columbia, Mo.
THE BASICSFINAL: Westminster def. Spalding, 3-0.
LOCATION: Columbia, Mo.
RECORDS: Spalding (9-9, 6-3 SLIAC); Westminster (15-2, 9-0 SLIAC)
THE STARTERSSPALDING: –
Logan Spencer, 2 –
Jacob Holehan, 4 –
Stephen Schmuck, 8 –
Jacob McMurry, 9 –
Abdullahi Abdullahi, 10 –
Julio DeLeon, 11 –
Sergio Olvera-Vancini, 12 –
Austin Lanham, 16 –
Jacob Kirby, 17 –
Cheikh Gueye, 21 –
Zach Fonda
HOW IT HAPPENED- The Golden Eagles gave up a pair of goals in the first half to head into intermission trailing 2-0. Westminster's Josh Jaycox took a ball from Daryl Doran and chipped it over Spencer's head in the 15
th minute for the first goals of the game. Kyle Collins pushed the Blue Jay margin to two beating the keeper after dribbling through defenders.
- Spalding upped their attack in the second half taking six shots on-goal, but none slipped by the Westmin keeper Tanner Moesch. The Golden Eagles gave up a goal in the 86
th minute to make the final margin 3-0.
CONCLUSIONThis will conclude the 2015 Spalding men's soccer season. The Golden Eagles finished the season 9-9 with a 6-3 mark in conference play despite playing through a rash of injuries throughout the season.