SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – McKendree men's soccer team (5-7-3, 4-5-3 GLVC) dominated the second half with five goals over University of Illinois Springfield (1-12-3 1-9-3 GLVC). They will finish up the regular season with games against Southwest Baptist on Saturday, October 24th at 2:30 p.m. in Bolivar and the makeup between Lincoln on Tuesday, October 27th at 2:00 p.m.
McKendree was all over the attacking side of the field, recording new season highs of shots with 29, shots on goal with 13 and points with 18. The first goal came in the 26th minute with sophomore forward taking a low powerful shot that found the bottom left corner. He was assisted by sophomore forward Oscar Misic.
After the halftime break Misic would find the back of the net off a header for his first goal of the game which was delivered from a beautiful ball from sophomore midfielder Dylan Gloviak. Not even 10 minutes later Misic would double his goal total in the 56th minute with a tap in redirection that goes just over the keeper. He was assisted by junior forward Morgan Dance.
The goals would keep coming after an over-the-top pass from sophomore forward Santiago Brisco found Gloviak all alone in the box in the 65th minute where he would bury a one touch shot in the back of the net. Misic would complete his hat trick with a shot to the bottom left corner in the 84th minute after freshman midfielder Ethan Norkaitis made a recovery to steal the ball from the Prairie Star defense. The final goal of the night would come off the foot of sophomore midfielder Leo Goldschmied shooting well outside the box.
Sophomore goalkeeper Luka Srzic completed his third straight shutout and added three saves to his season total.
GOALS
26th GWG | #9 Fredrick Thulin (9) assisted by #27 Oscar Misic (1)
50th | #27 Oscar Misic (3) assisted by #15 Dylan Gloviak (3)
56th | #27 Oscar Misic (4) assisted by #7 Morgan Dance (1)
65th | #15 Dylan Gloviak (2) assisted by # 11 Santiago Brisco (1)
84th | #27 Oscar Misic (5) assisted by #34 Ethan Norkaitis (1)
90th | #16 Leo Goldschmied (1) assisted by #34 Ethan Norkaitis (2)
Up Next
October 24 | 2:30 p.m. at. Southwest Baptist | Bolivar, Mo. - SBU Soccer Field | Watch ($)
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