Indianapolis, Ind. - The Marian men's soccer team finished off conference season victorious over IU-East with a score of 5-0. The Knights are now 7-1-1 overall on the season.
Marian got on the board early with a goal by
Foslyn Grant and assist from
Phillip Seifert at the 13 second mark to claim the early 1-0 lead. The Knights spent the rest of the half ticking off five shots, one being on target.
Kyle Alb led the first half in shots claiming four out of the eight. Most being headers off of corner kicks by
Yoshiaki Takeishi.
The second half started similarly to the end of the first half with the Knights claiming three shots before
Donovan Doolittle with the assist from Siefert was victorious increasing the lead 2-0 at the 59' mark. Marian kept the goals coming in the second half with
Cameron O'Brien with the assist from Grant claiming a goal nine minutes later. Sebastian Gonzalaz got the ball in the net with the assist from Takeishi.
Evan Dawdy ended out the night with a goal at the 85' mark with
Keiji Nakamae claiming the assist to claim the 5-0 victory for Marian.
Marian led in shots 18-7 with 9-3 being on goal. Grant went 2-2 on the night while Alb went 4-1 and Siefert went 3-1. Siefert led in assists with two while, Takeishi, Grant, and Nakamae all claimed one each. In goal Henery Yoder gave up no goals and claimed three saves.
The Knights start conference play next Wednesday at home against Indiana Wesleyan starting at 7:00 p.m.
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