SUNDAY'S SCORES
Lindenwood 2, St. Thomas 1
Omaha 1,
@SIUE 0
LINDENWOOD 2, ST. THOMAS 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Lindenwood men's soccer (4-3-1, 0-0- OVC) picks up their second road victory of the season with a 2-1 win over St. Thomas (3-2-2, 0-0-0 SL) in St. Paul, Minn. The Lions end their non-conference schedule with four wins, tied for the most wins in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Jermaine Mentoor scored his first goal of the season on Sunday during the 53rd minute of action to give Lindenwood the victory. Lindenwood's offense had 13 shots compared to just six by the Tommies.
Enzo Gil picked up his third win in net allowing just one goal. Lindenwood's defense held St. Thomas to six shots including just two in the second half. Gil made two saves on Sunday allowing just one goal in the first half. Mekhi Wright and Luke Neely held tough on the backend playing all 90 minutes.
John Gates for the Lions on the board first during the 22nd minute of action. Gates was assisted by Ethan Blake for his first of two assists. In Gates' last three games he has scored twice, both goals were during a Lindenwood victory.
St. Thomas answered quickly in the first half with a goal of their own from Charlie Hoelscher during the 34th minute. Lindenwood's defense would hold the remainder of the half to keep it tied at 1-1.
Mentoor's game-winner came early in the second half at the 53rd minute mark. Blake and Gates assisted on Mentoor's first goal of the year. Blake leads the OVC in assists with six, three more than the next nearest player.
The Lions defense was tough in the second half allowing just two shots with none coming on goal. Lindenwood's four non-conference wins our the most in the Division I era.
OMAHA 1, SIUE 0
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Omaha struck in the 69th minute and held on for a 1-0 win over SIUE in the final nonconference game for the Cougars Sunday at Korte Stadium.
SIUE fell to 2-3-2 overall. Omaha improved to 5-1-2.
The Mavs used a long throw in to create its scoring chance in the second half. The throw came to Abdi Adan who slid a pass to his right at the top of the box for Theo Klein who hit a low shot to the far post for the game's only score.
Omaha outshot SIUE 14-5, which included a 7-4 advantage in shots on goal. The Mavs had shots hit the post and the crossbar in the first half.
Nathanael Salah made two saves for his second shutout of the year for Omaha. Rob Gjelaj made four saves for SIUE.
Stephan Moreira led SIUE with two shots on goal. Pavel Dashin and Jacob Bilyeu each had a single shot on goal.