Cornejo
1
Lakeland University LUMS (5-8-2, 2-6-2 NACC)
2
Winner Dominican University DOMINMS (5-7-3, 5-3-1 NACC)
Lakeland University LUMS
(5-8-2, 2-6-2 NACC)
1
Final
2
Dominican University DOMINMS
(5-7-3, 5-3-1 NACC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lakeland University LUMS 1 0 1
Dominican University DOMINMS 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Lakeland challenges Dominican but falls short in 2-1 NACC road loss

RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The Lakeland University men's soccer team ended one streak against Dominican University but just missed halting another in a 2-1 loss Saturday afternoon in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference contest.

The Muskies scored a goal on the Stars for the first time in 21 years, ending a streak of 19 straight shutouts against the longtime NACC power. Dominican scored the go-ahead goal in a tie game, though, and defeated Lakeland for the 23rd consecutive time in the teams' all-time series.

The Muskies (5-8-2 overall, 2-6-2 NACC) answered a Stars goal in the 19th minute with their goal just over five minutes later, and in unique fashion. Lakeland's Omero Cornejo (Sr.-Carpentersville, Ill.) stole a ball on a Dominican attack and passed ahead to Jordan Davis-Troller (Sr.-Cottage Grove, Wis.). Dominican goalkeeper Joshua Memmelaar was caught out of goal and Davis-Troller rifled a shot from 55 yards out over the backpedaling Memmelaar and under the crossbar for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.

The teams were tied at halftime and into the 60th minute when the Stars scored the go-ahead goal. A corner kick rattled around in the box until getting to Nicholas Porada, who had space in the middle and fired a shot inside the right post from 10 yards out for his second goal of the match and what proved to be the game-winner.

Lakeland posted two more shots on goal, one by Brahm Dell Adema (Sr.-Plano, Texas) in the 73rd minute and another by Cornejo in the 84th minute on a free kick. Dominican attempted to run out clock in the final minutes, but the Muskies mounted a final attack with two minutes left resulting in a good chance with Davis-Troller hitting a sliding hard shot from 30 yards out that went just high of the goal.

Dominican (5-7-3 overall, 5-3-1 NACC) finished with a 20-7 lead in shots, including a 7-4 edge in shots on goal. Matt English (Sr.-Cheyenne, Wyo.) made five saves for Lakeland, while Davis-Troller led the team with three shot attempts.

Lakeland continues a late-season stretch of NACC road games when it travels to face St. Norbert College Wednesday at 7 p.m. in De Pere.
 
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