Elgin, Ill. - The Marian men's soccer team record their first draw of the 2025 campaign against Judson on Wednesday evening. The Knights are now 5-1-1 on the season with one non-conference game remaining. 

Donovan Doolittle recorded the first shot of the day but came up short to the Eagles defense in the goal. Judson followed up with a goal in the 13th minute taking the lead. Jesus Sanchez and Gustavo Nunes recorded one shot each while Josh Wesseling recorded a pair but all came up short with Wesseling's shots on target. The Eagles were able to record three more shots but came up short to Mateo Garcia-Galan's efforts in goal. Marian continued to push recording five more shots with Samuel Wehaus recording a pair while Nunes, Rafael Zambrano, and Wesseling each recorded one but came up short allowing Judson to take the 1-0 lead going into halftime.

Each team opened up the second half with a shot with Wehaus recording the shot for the Knights. Three minutes later Wehaus took a chance again coming up sucessful tying the game 1-1 with the assist from Joao Antonio Rocha. Judson followed up with a pair of shots that the Knights quickly countered with a pair of their own from Rocha and Doolittle. Marian continued to push with Wehaus, Iaroslav Korablev, Rodolfo Batisti, and Wessling all recording a shot but came up short to the Eagles defense ending the match with a 1-1 draw.

Wehaus lead the team with one goal and five shots while Wesseling recorded four and Doolittle recorded three. Nunes recorded two shots while Sanchez, Korablev, Zambrano, and Batisti recorded one each. Rocha recorded one shot and one assist on the day. In goal Mateo Garcia-Galan recorded his first tie recording four saves on the day.

The Knights will be back in action on Friday, September 12th at 8pm as they take on No. 7 Lindsey Wilson in a ranked match up on the road.

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