The UIS men's soccer team (1-10-3, 1-7-3) lost to Lewis (4-7-2, 3-6-2) 4-2 on Wednesday night in Romeoville. The Prairie Stars held Lewis without a goal across five attacking actions from 77:44 to 88:01 while the score remained 3-2, but the late stretch was not enough to change the result.

The Prairie Stars withstood a Lewis push midway through the first half, with Kevin Kardel making saves at 15:49 and 24:17 before Lewis broke through on Hampus Ryno's goal at 30:45. Illinois Springfield had chances from Robin Lemke Bergseth and Adam Knaze in the opening 12 minutes, but Lewis added a late goal from Kuba Chrapczynski at 44:13 to send the Prairie Stars into halftime down 2-0.

Illinois Springfield erased a 2-0 deficit in the second half, coming out of the break with momentum as Josh Mensching scored at 46:11 and Gentil Selemani tied the match at 2-2 in the 73rd minute. Lewis went back in front at 75:08, and the Prairie Stars pushed with four shots from 83:12 to 87:19 while down 3-2. Lewis added a late goal at 89:56 to finish the 4-2 result.

Selemani scored on one of his two shots. Mensching added a goal and put all three of his shots on goal. Lemke Bergseth led Illinois Springfield with eight shots, including two on goal. Kardel made four saves over 90 minutes.

Up next, UIS hosts Southwest Baptist on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2:30 p.m.


UIS thanks CEFCU for its partnership and continued support of UIS soccer. Learn more about CEFCU.