BOLIVAR, Mo. - McKendree University men's soccer (3-3-1, 3-1-0 GLVC) collected its third-straight win on Friday afternoon, with a commanding 4-0 victory over Southwest Baptist in the first game of a road weekend. Sophomore forward
Adam Reiniger provided the biggest impact with two goals in the contest, the game-winner and the first insurance score over SBU. McKendree got back to even .500 on the season with its third consecutive win, taking on Drury on Sunday afternoon in Springfield at 2:30PM as they attempt to move oer the .500 mark.
The first half was a tight battle between the two Bearcat squads, as McKendree used an early opportunity from Reiniger to take an advantage. The dish out came from junior forward
Lenny Dupoyet, which found Reiniger who score his first goal of the year with the eventual game-winner in the seventh minute while Dupoyet continues to rack up assists as a major impact forward for McKendree. The Bearcats held their 1-0 advantage over SBU through the first 45 minutes of action as freshman goalkeeper
Toby Lewis kept all three SBU shot-on-goal attempts out, grabbing three saves in the first half.
In the latter half, McKendree found another early score as Reiniger went for his second of the game and season in the 48th minute of play, putting his team up 2-0 over Southwest Baptist. The Bearcats of McKendree dominated the second half with seven shots overall and SBU unable to muster a single attempt against a tough McKendree defense. The 61st minute saw another score as sophomore forward
Morgan Dance fired his second of the campaign, marking back-to-back goal games with his first as a Bearcat coming against William Jewell. The fourth and final McKendree goal found the back of the net in the 82nd as freshman foward
Fredrik Thulin fired his third score of the year. McKendree had assists on three of four goals with sophomore midfielder
Paul Moodie assisting on Dance's score and sophomore midfielder
Henri Poll dishing out the help on Thulin's goal.
Lewis earned another clean sheet in goal with his three saves, marking two in the last three outings.
GOALS
7th | #10
Adam Reiniger via #8
Lenny Dupoyet
48th | #10
Adam Reiniger, unassisted
61st | #33
Morgan Dance via #11
Paul Moodie
82nd | #9
Fredrik Thulin via #6
Henri Poll
UP NEXT
Sept. 28 | 2:30PM at Drury | Springfield, Missouri - Curry Sports Complex - Harrison Stadium
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