ST. CHARLES, MO. - The historic start to the Lindenwood Men's Soccer season has continued as they defeated Wright State on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 3-0. With the victory, the Lions improve their record to 3-0 on the young season, which is the first time that has happened since 2013.
The first half saw a total of seven shots, with the advantage going to Lindenwood 4-3. The Lions would record their first shot of the game at the 12th minute, as
Sebastia Cerda Tous would send a shot just wide of the goal. 10 minutes later, Wright State would commit a foul that would draw a yellow card, giving Lindenwood a great opportunity at a free kick from 20 yards out.
Gavin Csiszar would take the free kick and would hit the crossbar on the shot attempt, allowing
Luca Bartoni to control the rebound and put the ball in the back of the net to give the Lions a 1-0 lead at the 23rd minute.
Later in the first half,
Matteo Landais would send a pass down the field in the direction of
Jordan Matthews, in which the Raider goalkeeper would attempt to intercept. The goalkeeper would miss the pass, and Matthews would send it over the goalkeepers head to a wide open
Jarred Hendricks who would tap it in to make it 2-0 right before halftime.
With his team leading fourth assist of the season,
Matteo Landais would not be done. In the 60th minute, Landais would score the Lion's third goal of the game off a cross from
Josh Francombe. Landais's three point performance on the afternoon now makes him the team leader in points with six.
Quinn Closson would record his second shut out of the season, making four saves in the contest with three of them coming in the second half. Closson's best save of the game came at the 78th minute as Wright State's Roman Kedgley would send a shot from 15 yards out heading towards the top of the goalpost. Closson was able to dive for it and make an incredible save, knocking the ball over the top of the goal to keep the Raiders off the scoreboard. The Lions held the Raiders to just 10 shots in the contest, with only four of the shots being on goal.
"Very collective effort. Wright State is a much better team than their record, so it was a really nice response from last year's performance against them. I'm glad we were able to get up on them and get the third goal in the second half. It was a good, solid victory and I'm glad we got the shutout in the end." -Head coach
Kris Bertsch on the win over Wright State.
Lindenwood will now hit the road for the second time this season as they will head to Evansville, Indiana to take on the Purple Aces of Evansville. First kick is set for 6 p.m.
