ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood men's soccer (10-5-3, 6-2-2 OVC) blanks Southern Indiana (2-14-2, 1-7-2 OVC) by a final score of 7-0 on senior day at Hunter Stadium. The Lions finish their 2024 regular season with 10 wins, their most since 2017. Their six conference wins are also their most in the Division I era and most since 2021.

"It's always great when you get so many guys involved especially the seniors," said head coach Kris Bertsch. "Those guys played a lot of minutes and then we were able to get to our bench and really empty it. The guys kept going and that is great, it is great when they find success."

After Sunday's results in the Ohio Valley Conference, Lindenwood will be the #3 seed heading into the OVC Championships next weekend hosted on the campus of SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill. LU will take on the #6 seed Western Illinois on Sunday, Nov. 10th at 1:00 p.m. CT. Click here to see the full tournament field.

Lindenwood capped off their 2024 regular season with seven goals, their most of the season and second most in the Division I era. The Lions have now scored 37 goals this season, the most by an LU team since 2018.

Bertsch's squad was all offense on Sunday posting 21 total shots with 13 landing on net. Of the seven goals, Lindenwood had six different scorers and six different players with an assist. Southern Indiana was stifled on offense posting only four shots with none on-goal. Enzo Gil earned his seventh shutout this season marking the most by a Lindenwood goalie in a season since Fermin Hughes in 2012.

The first half saw Lindenwood start the scoring festivities early with a Jermaine Mentoor goal during the 5th minute after a Southern Indiana defender knocked the ball to him off a corner kick. Mentoor, a senior, scored his third goal of the season and is one of nine players to have multiple goals this year.

Now Bijou also scored his third goal of the season during the 35th minute of action. He was assisted by Henrique Perestrelo, both were honored on senior day. The Lions had seven of their 21 shots in the first half.

Lindenwood's offense ramped up the pace in the second half scoring five goals. John Gates posted his fourth of the season on a penalty kick after being fouled in the box during the 49th minute. Ethan Blake later missed his first penalty kick of the season and is now 3-4 on the year.

Mekhi Wright got in the scoring column for the year with his first goal during the 63rd minute. On the left-side of the box, Anis Smajlovic and Jens Haukeland made two passes that left Wright open for the shot. Snajlovic would then score just over one minute later and was assisted by Blake.

Haukeland was able to score his second goal of the season during the 77th minute and was assisted by Jozef Palushaj. Smajlovic scored his second and final goal of the game during the 89th minute and was assisted by Luke Neely and Palushaj. The Lions have now scored over five goal three times this season with all of them coming inside Hunter Stadium.

Lindenwood will now wait until next Sunday to take on the Leathernecks of Western Illinois in Edwardsville, Ill at 1:00 p.m. CT. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.