COLUMBUS, Ohio | Panther Stadium - McKendree University men's soccer kicked-off the fall sport season for the Bearcats with a 2-0 win over Ohio Dominican on Thursday evening, taking a first half lead and never looking back. The Bearcats were led with scores by sophomore midfielder
Rhys Davies and freshman forward
Bjorn Sigurdsson to improve to 1-0-0 on the season. The win marks back-to-back season-opening victories for McKendree, both 2-0 wins over the Panthers.
In the opening minutes of the contest, the Bearcats struck to take the lead with Davies firing a shot from the six-yard box. The process began with a corner kick for McKendree and was followed up with a battle for possession in the attacking third. Freshman midfielder
Jay Sangha dropped a high-arcing pass in front of the goal while Davies blasted the score at the 4:18 mark. McKendree led 1-0 at the halftime horn.
In the second 45, the Bearcats fired two shots with another finding the back of the goal as the freshman Sigurdsson collected his first collegiate score in the 64th minute of action. On the goal, senior defender
Matteo Schubert gathered his first point of the season, dishing out the assist to Sigurdsson for the insurance goal.
The Bearcats held the 2-0 lead for the remainder of the contest to improve to 2-0-1 over the Panthers all-time.
Freshman goalkeeper
Christian Herluf went full-time in net for his first collegiate victory with four saves versus ODU.
NOTES
In back-to-back season-openers, McKendree has defeated ODU with a 2-0 final score. McKendree owns the all-time series 2-0-1 over the Panthers.
Sophomore midfielder
Rhys Davies recorded his first collegiate score in the fifth minute. The goal was the eventual game-winner for the Bearcats.
Freshman forward
Bjorn Sigurdsson fired his first score in his first collegiate action, adding the insurance goal for McKendree in the 64th minute of play.
The two goals for the Bearcats were accompanied by two assists as freshman midfielder
Jay Sangha and senior defender
Matteo Schubert both sent out the helpers.
Freshman
Christian Herluf made his first start in goal and added four saves in his first career victory.
UP NEXT
McKendree will head to Cedarville, Ohio to take on the Yellow Jackets on Saturday, September 2 at 1:30PM CT/2:30PM ET for another GLVC-GMAC crossover contest.
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