INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Marian men's soccer team falls in Crossroads League opener to #5 Indiana Wesleyan Wednesday evening. The Knights are now 7-2-1 overall on the season an 0-1 in the Crossroads League. 

The Wildcats came out strong in the first few minutes of play clocking two shots one on goal before the five minute mark. The Knights unfortunately tallied alot of fouls in the early middle of the game tallying five in total before allowing Indiana Wesleyan to score off of a penalty kick to take the lead at the 18 minute mark. The Wildcats kept pushing scoring another goal within minutes to extend their lead 2-0. Sebastian Gonzalez was quick to fire back off of a penalty kick to decrease the lead down to one goal. The rest of the half was very back and fourth between fouls and shots taken by both teams with Indiana Wesleyan claiming the lead in shots at the halfway mark, 8-5. 

Kyohei Kuroda opened up the second half with a shot on target but came up short due to Indiana Wesleyan's goalie. The Knights kept the ball majority of the half tallying three more shots throughout the half by, Kuroda, Anton Bezborodov, and Evan Dawdy but came up short due to the Wildcats defense. The rest of the half saw a lot of action in the middle of the field with minimal shots taken. The Knights led the Wildcats in shots 4-2 to finish up the match with a final score of 1-2 claiming their first Crossroads League loss of the season.

Anton Bezborodov led the Knights in shots with three on the evening with Kyohei Kuroda close behind with two and one on target and Evan Dawdy claiming two as well. In goal Henry Yoder took his first loss of the season but tallied four saves on the evening.

Marian will be back in action on Saturday on the road against Goshen with kickoff set for 1:00 p.m.

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