MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – The Spalding University men's soccer team suffered a heartbreaking loss at Iowa Wesleyan, 2-1, in overtime falling to 0-2-0 in SLIAC play and 3-7-0.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Iowa Wesleyan 2, Spalding 1
LOCATION: East Lake Park, Mount Pleasant, IA
RECORDS: Spalding 3-7-0 (0-2-0 SLIAC), Iowa Wesleyan 5-4-2 (1-0-1 SLIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Golden Eagles held a 1-0 lead with just over two minutes to play when IWU's Juan Crespo slotted the game-tying goal, and the Tiger's scored the golden goal in the 107
th minute to earn the win.
- Spalding put away one goal scored by Kornell Hiliard in the 51
st minute.
- The Golden Eagles took a total of 17 shots throughout the course of the match with eight on frame
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Tenko Kono was issued a yellow card in the 100
th minute
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Nick Lucas (3-7-0), Lucas recorded eight saves including overtime
FOR THE FOES
- Iowa Wesleyan had goals coming from Juan Crespo (88') and the game winning goal from Blas Villaseca (107')
- Alvaro Sebastian, Pablo Garcia and Blas Villaseca were all given yellow cards
- Trevor Haasis (5-4-2), earns the win allowing one goal with seven saves for the Tigers in goal
UP NEXT
- Spalding takes on Eureka College in Eureka, Ill. Saturday, October 7 at 2 pm.