SUNDAY'S SCORES
@Liberty 3, HCU 1
UIW 3, @Chicago State 2
SIUE 1, @Eastern Illinois 0
@Lindenwood 1, Southern Indiana 0
LIBERTY 3, HCU 1
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty's Luke Eberle scored two goals for an early 2-0 advantage and then used a solid defensive effort to down the Houston Christian Huskies 3-1, on Sunday afternoon in an Ohio Valley Conference match at Osborne Stadium.
Eberle, the OVC's leading goal scorer, netted his sixth and seventh goals of the season in the first 15 minutes of play in the victory. He scored on a free kick from 25 yards during the fourth minute of play and then netted his second goal of the afternoon on a shot at the left post during the 15th minute.
Liberty forward Gora Gora scored his second goal of the year in the 71st minute to push the Flames' lead back to two at 3-1.
The Flames move to 2-0 in OVC action and 7-2 overall. HCU falls to 0-1-1 in conference action and 2-5-3 overall.
Up 2-1, Liberty gave itself a larger margin to work during the 71st minute. Elijah John pushed a failed HCU clearing attempt on the left side of the field to Matthew Torrell who moved the ball forward. Coming upon a Husky defender, Torrell sent a pass to Gora who was free at the top of the 18-yard box. Gora ripped a shot into the lower left corner of the goal for a 3-1 Flames advantage.
Afterward, the Liberty defense allowed HCU two shots over and successfully warded off three corner kicks over the final 19 minutes of play to secure the win.
UIW 3, CHICAGO STATE 2
CHICAGO - The University of the Incarnate Word men's soccer team earned their first Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) game in school history, 3-2, over Chicago State Sunday afternoon.
The first half of the Sunday afternoon game was not very action packed. Each team had a few shots on goal but no one was able to finish.
In the second half the Cardinals offense exploded. Edu, Armendariz, and Sello Diphoko all scored in the first 15 minutes, the Cardinals had control of the game now up 3-0. Later, in the seventy-fourth minute of the game CSU scored their first goal of the game. About 30 seconds later they followed it up with another making the score 3-2 with 15 minutes remaining.
The Cougars had one more shot on goal that was saved by Hugo Constant and UIW won the game, earning their first OVC win, 3-2.
SIUE 1, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
CHARLESTON, Ill. - A late goal lifted SIUE men's soccer to a 1-0 win at Eastern Illinois Sunday, moving the Cougars to 2-0-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
SIUE remained unbeaten on the season at 7-0-2 and the Cougars have won three straight games. Eastern Illinois slipped to 2-5-2 and 1-1-0 in OVC play.
The lone goal of the game came from a penalty kick. Ignacio Abeal Pou took the shot, scoring low and to the right of Eastern Illinois goalkeeper Whelan Joseph.
The penalty was the seventh awarded to the Cougars in nine games played this season.
SIUE outshot EIU 19-5. Cougars' goalkeeper Sam Gomez turned away both Panthers' shots on goal for his and the Cougars' fourth shutout of the year and second in a row to start the conference season.
LINDENWOOD 1, SOUTHERN INDIANA 0
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood men's soccer (4-4-2, 1-1-0 OVC) earns their first win in Ohio Valley Conference play as the Lions take down familiar foe Southern Indiana (1-8-0, 0-2-0 OVC) by a final score of 1-0 at Hunter Stadium.
Lions continued their aggressive style on offense in the first half with 11 total shots including four on goal. Four different Lindenwood players got two shots off in the first half including goal-scorer Jens Haukeland.
With under 20 seconds remaining in the first half, Haukeland caught a ricochet off of USI goalie Andrew Klott's glove then headed the ball into the right side of the net for his second goal of the season. He is now tied with Cole Hutson for the most points by a Lion this season (eight).
Lindenwood goalie Enzo Gil made his lone save in the first half after Southern Indiana's Sam Benoist shot a ball towards the right side of the net, but was deflected out of bounds by Gil. USI's goalie had three saves in the first 45 minutes.
The defense was the star of the second half as Lindenwood only allowed one shot the last 45 minutes of play. Defenders Cameron Caldwell, Noe Bijou and Luke Neely played all 90 minutes for the Lions on defense.
The 1-0 final marked the fourth shutout of the season for Lindenwood as they captured their fourth win of the season and their first in OVC play. The Lions had 18 shots on the day to just three by the Screaming Eagles.