INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian men's soccer team netted three goals in a 3-1 win over Goshen Wednesday night in front of Marian's home crowd. The Knights get back in the win column and move to 6-1-2 overall and 1-1 in Crossroads League play.

After an hour-long lightning delay, it was a bit of a slow start as neither team could really take full control of the possession. Goshen was the first to make a move with a shot attempt coming in the first two minutes, but Juan Torres would be there to deny the game's first goal. Marian answered with an aggressive 11 minutes, putting together six shots and a corner kick to threaten the Goshen defense. With the score still locked at 0-0, the Maple Leafs found another shot attempt, but would see it go just wide. A shot on target by Josh Wesseling fueled a run for the Knights, as they produced a corner kick and eventually got a goal from Sebastian Gonzalez in the 29th minute.

The Knights took the 1-0 lead into the locker room after the first 45 minutes of action, leading in shots 11-2 and corner kicks 4-0.

Goshen came out firing early in the second half, scoring in under five minutes to even the score at 1-1. Marian had an answer around 10 minutes later after a nice corner kick from Yoshiaki Takeishi to Kyle Alb in front of the net for the header. The goal served as the eventual game-winner, but the Knights were not done as they pounded on another goal at the 70:43 mark behind the efforts of Keiji Nakamae.

Marian was able to hold on to their 3-1 lead and claim the victory. The Knights combined for 21 shots, with 12 of those landing on frame. Gonzalez led the way with five shots and one goal, while Alb had one goal on four attempts, and Nakamae scored on his lone attempt. Torres picked up his sixth win, making two saves in goal.

Marian looks to build on this performance Saturday when they travel to Taylor for an 7 p.m. kickoff.

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