MEQUON – Concordia University Wisconsin scored two goals in the match's first 2 minutes, 41 seconds and went on to defeat the Lakeland University men's soccer team 6-0 Wednesday afternoon.
The Muskies lost their final match of the season, finishing 3-16-1 overall and 0-11 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. Concordia improved to 13-4-1 overall and 7-3-1 in conference before it competes in the NACC Tournament next week.
The Falcons started both halves quickly, striking twice early in both. Concordia opened the scoring just 1:47 into the match with a goal by Jackson Dryden, and Dryden posted the assist 54 seconds later on a goal by Jacob Hilbrandt to make the score 2-0.
The Falcons scored a third goal in the 10th minute on an own goal when Dryden's shot deflected off Lakeland's
Thomas Sanuk (
So.-Milwaukee, Wis.) and rolled into the net. The Muskies steadied from there and trailed 3-0 at halftime, but CUW scored again just 1:18 into the second half when Dryden converted a penalty kick.
Concordia scored again in the 49th minute on a goal by Ivan Cuellar, who also added a second goal at 60:53 of the match.
The Falcons dominated possession and finished with a 46-2 advantage in shot attempts.
John Bentler (
Sr.-Seattle, Wash.) posted the lone shot on goal for Lakeland in the second half, while
Keaton Vogel (
Fr.-Chanhassen, Minn.) also added a shot attempt in the first half.
Aaron Smith (
So.-Lake Geneva, Wis.) made 16 saves in goal in over 63 minutes for the Muskies before
Alex VandenAvond (
So.-Luxemburg, Wis.) came on and stopped five shots the rest of the way.
The match was the final one for four Lakeland seniors including Bentler,
Ryoto Kinoshita (
Kanagawa, Japan),
Shosei Suzuki (
Tokyo, Japan) and
Cheng Xiong (
Milwaukee, Wis.).