INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Marian men's soccer team dominated Spring Arbor on Saturday evening, taking a 4-1 win. After the win, the Knights improved to 12-3-1 and 5-1-1 in the Crossroads League.
Spring Arbor opened up the match with a pair of shots, with one saved by
Tristan Edwards in goal. Marian was quick to counter with a shot, but Spring Arbor continued to maintain possession. The Cougars fired off eight shots compared to Marian's one. The Knights were first to strike with
Leonard Assouan reaching the back of the net off of an assist from
Rafael Zambrano to take the 1-0 lead. Both teams went back and forth for the rest of the half, with the Knights recording four shots and the Cougars firing off three before the game went into halftime with the Knights in the lead.
Marian opened up the second half with a shot from
Samuel Wehaus that was blocked and a shot from
Matthew Loo that was high. Spring Arbor was able to strike with a shot that was saved by Edwards, then another shot right after that reached the back of the net to bring the match to a 1-1 tie. The Cougars attempted to strike again, but Edwards was able to save it. Sam Wehaus quickly countered with a header off of a pass from
Gerald Ramirez to take back the 2-1 lead. Marian fired off a duo of shots, and the Cougars fired off one before Marian struck again with a goal from
Richard Faleye to extend the lead to 3-1. The Knights continued to dominate in the second half with a pair of shots from
Lazar Milosavljevic before he reached the back of the net and extended the lead to four and took the 4-1 win over Spring Arbor.
Samuel Wehaus snapped the 31-year single-season scoring record, which was held by Mike Marshall in 1995. Sam also tied the single-season points record tonight with 43 throughout this season.
Leonard Assouan fired off four shots in the contest, with two on target and one goal. A trio of
Gerald Ramirez,
Rafael Zambrano, and
Lazar Milosavljevic all fired off assists in the match. In goal,
Tristan Edwards tallied five saves and improved his record to 11-1-1.
Marian will be back in action next Saturday as they host No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan for Senior Night starting at 7 PM.
