|
|
|
October 14, 2009
By Michael Omenazu
Senior Sports Reporter
Both men’s and women’s soccer teams lost both of their contests against conference opponents Indianapolis and St. Joseph.
Men’s Soccer
Indianapolis
UIS fell 3-1 to Indianapolis. Indianapolis jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with an unassisted goal from Cory Barber (7:55) followed by Max Marsh assisting Joseph McGuire at the 12:07 mark.
UIS remained competitive, adding an unassisted goal from Anthony Longo (22:35). However, Indianapolis finished with Roger Lee’s goal (assisted by Diego Lemus) in the 71st minute.
“We had a much better second half,” head coach Joe Eck said.
“We had some opportunities to tie the match but just couldn’t latch on. Our guys gave a great effort but this league is so strong as we saw again tonight,”
St. Joseph
Although the Prairie Stars held St. Joseph scoreless for a significant amount of the first half, they eventually fell 6-1.
St. Joseph added three goals to the stat sheet within about five minutes of each other, including two goals from St. Joseph’s Greg Gehrig (22:43, 27:57) and one from Bojan Adler. UIS responded with an unassisted goal from Brian Doellman at the 36:10 mark.
St. Joseph added two more goals before the end of the half and another at 80:15. UIS nearly equaled their opponent’s number of goals with their number of yellow cards, five. Their offense also featured two shots from Mauricio Ramirez, and one apiece for Juan Perez and Anthony Longo.
Women’s Soccer
Indianapolis
UIS nearly upset fifteen-ranked Indianapolis, losing by the slimmest of margins, 1-0.
Head coach Pete Kowall commented, “We defended better as a team today and made it tough for them to get good shots. I am pleased with the effort but the goal is to win the game.”
The lone goal of the game was scored on a putback at the 30:52 mark by Shelby Spinelli. UIS was led by Casey Thorpe’s two shots, supported by one from both Kyle Browning and Jessica Jaime.
St. Joseph
The Lady Prairie Stars were defeated by St. Joseph, 2-0.
St. Joseph, unlike UIS, was able to capitalize off its scoring opportunities, illustrated in the two goals they scored on the same number of shots (13) as their competition.
UIS received balanced contribution on offense, including Casey Thorpe’s five shots along with three from both Taylor Hessinger and Beth Rayman and one from Sydney Alstott and Jessica Jaime respectively.
Kowall notes, “We didn’t come out very strong and that was shown with their early goal but we played much better as the match went on and had some strong opportunities but we just didn’t finish them.”
Both teams’ next games are at Kiwanis Stadium, starting Friday at 5 p.m.
Men’s Tennis
The Men’s Tennis team participated in the Lewis tournament over the weekend. Men’s and women’s tennis will resume game action On Oct. 16 at Quincy.
