Southfield, Mich. - The Marian men's soccer team landed in the win column for the first time in the 2024 season Saturday afternoon, as four Knights combined to score five goals in a 5-2 victory over Lawrence Tech. Marian's win gives them a 1-0-1 start on the season.

Lawrence Tech took the first offensive strike of the game after earning a corner kick in the first 30 seconds of play, following with a shot on goal that was smothered by Juan Torres. The Blue Devils would attack again in the third minute and take a corner in the 14th, however came up without a goal after strong defensive play. In the 18th minute, Marian received their first goal from the leg of Cameron O'Brien, who was able to get the ball in stride from Foslyn Grant, twisting a left-footed shot into the goal for the opening score. The chance was created by Yoshiaki Takeishi, who defended a throw in ahead to Grant to start the play.

Takeishi helped Marian's second scoring chance in the 22nd minute, as a throw-in from the right side of the pitch found the feet of Grant, who quickly put away his second goal of the season to provide a 2-0 lead. Marian's lead would stick as the game progressed to halftime, despite the Knights trailing in shot attempts by a 6-5 count. Torres made two saves in the first half to keep the shutout in tact through 45 minutes. 

In the second half, Lawrence Tech adjusted quick and scored twice in the first eight minutes of the period, as Guillermo Garcia and Marc Martin ripped shots past Torres to tie the game. 64 seconds after the game moved back to a standstill, Marian was able to reclaim the advantage, as Tyler Prichard blasted a shot from 23 yards out to score his first goal of the season. Marian's goal came quickly after a throw-in, with Grant catching the defense napping on the restart, connecting with Alan Tenorio before Prichard's score.

With the lead at hand, Marian pressed and found a pair of scores coming in the 70th and 74th minutes of the game, jumping their lead to three. Grant secured his first career brace as a Knight scoring in the 70th minute, hitting the back of the net off of a Kyle Alb header. The final goal of the game came from Kyohei Kuroda, who scored his first Marian goal to complete the 5-2 scoring frenzy.

Marian was out-shot 12-10 in the win, but managed to put five of their eight attempts on target in the goal. Grant scored five points in the win with a pair of goals and an assist, while O'Brien scored three points, assisting on Kuroda's goal while scoring his own. Prichard took two shots in the game and scored his first goal in his return transfer season to Marian. In goal, Torres made three saves while allowing two goals, moving his record on the season to 1-0-1.

The Knights will seek their first home win of the season on Wednesday afternoon, when they host Holy Cross College at 3:00 p.m.

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