Men's Soccer Picks Up First BIG EAST Win
9/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Golden Eagles defeat Louisville, 2-1
MILWAUKEE ? Under a constant and sometimes heavy rain, the Marquette men's soccer team struck for two goals en route to a 2-1 win over Louisville. The win is the program's first in BIG EAST play. Marquette improves to 4-3-1 overall and 1-2-1 in BIG EAST play. Louisville falls to 3-5-1 and 1-3-1 in the BIG EAST.
The sloppy conditions led to a fast paced first half, with Marquette launching 12 shots to Louisville's seven. Of the MU shots, one was a scoring strike by junior Matt Blouin in the 37th minute. Junior Rob Walton crossed a ball that junior Ryan Nickevitch put a toe and that directed it to Blouin, who finished from close range. Blouin didn't start and was returning to action after missing Friday night's match against Cincinnati due to a bruised calf.
"I was watching the clock and I wanted to get out there," he said. "I had a good feeling before the game. It's something that forwards get. Maybe it was because I didn't play on Friday, but I just had a feeling I was going to score today."
Senior Blair Kohlmeyer gave Marquette a two goal lead in the 55th minute. He one-timed a shot from 23 yards out after running on a turnover by Louisville's David Guzman. The Kohlmeyer shot to the near post was out of the reach of Louisville's goalkeeper Steven DeGeorge, who had five saves.
Kohlmeyer was complementary of his teammates efforts, leading to his goal.
"The forwards did a great job of holding the ball for us and letting the midfielders get involved," he said.
Guzman atoned for his mistake in the 79th minute assisting on the Cardinals' only goal. He served a corner kick to the head of Ryan McDonald who leapt above the MU defense and played a five-yard header past keeper Steven Grow, who had three saves on the day.
"It's a coach's nightmare when you go up 2-0," head coach Steve Adlard said. "For 10 minutes, the pressure came and they scored their goal, and it became emotional. We were able to avoid anything else after that, but it was a critical time for us."
Adlard said he was pleased with his offensive effort, which scored two goals for the first time this season.
"It was a fighting, spirited game in tough conditions," Adlard said. "We scored two goals and looked like we could have scored more. We got our offense started and that's encouraging."
The Golden Eagles return to action on Saturday, October 1 at against Connecticut at 7 p.m. EDT in Storrs, Conn.
Soccer Box Score (Final) Marquette Soccer Louisville vs Marquette (Sep 25, 2005 at Milwaukee, Wis.)Louisville (3-5-1, 1-3-1) vs. Goals by period 1 2 TotMarquette (4-3-1, 1-2-1) -------------------------------Date: Sep 25, 2005 Attendance: 227 Louisville.......... 0 1 - 1Weather: Marquette........... 1 1 - 2Louisville MarquettePos ## Player Sh SOG G A Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------GK 26 DEGEORGE, Steven.... - - - - GK 18 GROW, Steven........ - - - - 2 VELTEN, Tim......... - - - - 2 CARLSON, Mike....... - - - - 4 NEELY, Matt......... - - - - 8 KOHLMEYER, Blair.... 6 4 1 - 6 PRANGER, Matt....... - - - - 9 SABICH, Nathan...... - - - - 8 JONKE, John......... - - - - 10 DAHLQUIST, Bryan.... - - - - 10 GUZMAN, David....... 3 2 - 1 11 NIKCHEVICH, Ryan.... - - - 1 11 JONKE, Frank........ 4 1 - - 14 ADDIS, Dan.......... 1 1 - - 12 BELFOUR, Joey....... - - - - 15 SILVERT-NOFTLE, D... 3 - - - 15 EDWARDS, Ryan....... - - - - 16 WALTON, Rob......... - - - 1 18 SISTERSON, Jack..... - - - - 17 SOPER, Matt......... 1 - - - 22 RICE-SARANTIS, Nick. - - - - 22 KNOELKE, Pat........ 1 - - - ---------- Substitutes ---------- ---------- Substitutes ---------- 9 CELEBRE, Anthony.... - - - - 3 BLOUIN, Matt........ 5 2 1 - 13 MCDONALD, Ryan...... 2 1 1 - 4 ZARSE, Jamie........ - - - - 16 GERSTLE, Nathaniel.. 1 - - - 5 GILL, Andy.......... - - - - Totals.............. 10 4 1 1 19 KLEMM, Mike......... - - - - 23 RUIZ, Erik.......... - - - - Totals.............. 17 7 2 2Louisville Marquette## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------26 DEGEORGE, Steven.... 90:00 2 5 18 GROW, Steven........ 90:00 1 3Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot------------------------------- -------------------------------Louisville.......... 7 3 - 10 Louisville.......... 4 1 - 5Marquette........... 12 5 - 17 Marquette........... 2 1 - 3Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot------------------------------- -------------------------------Louisville.......... 5 4 - 9 Louisville.......... 7 9 - 16Marquette........... 0 1 - 1 Marquette........... 9 6 - 15SCORING SUMMARY:GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 36:56 MARQ BLOUIN, Matt WALTON, Rob; NIKCHEVICH, Ryan 2. 54:18 MARQ KOHLMEYER, Blair (unassisted) 3. 78:59 LOU MCDONALD, Ryan GUZMAN, David - Corner kickCAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:YC-LOU #22 (89:11)Officials: Referee: Shane Butler; Asst. Referee: James Johnson; Scott Bassuener;Alt. Official: David Harris;Offsides: Louisville 0, Marquette 2.
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