Fort Wayne, Ind. - The Marian men's soccer team closed out the 2026 regular season with a 4-1 win on the road against Saint Francis (Ind.) advancing to 13-3-2 overall and 6-1-2 in the Crossroads League. The Knights were led by
Samuel Wehause who recorded a pair of goals and
Leonard Assouan who recorded a goal and an assist.
The Knights opened up the game striking early with
Samuel Wehaus putting up the first goal with the assist of
Leonard Assouan in the opening 10 minutes of play to put Marian in the 1-0 lead. Saint Francis fought back with a pair of shots but
Rafael Zambrano was quick to counter with a shot of his own. Four minutes later Assouan reached the back of the net to extend the lead to two. The Cougars continued to fight back with two more shots but came up short. Marian took one more attempt before halftime with
Richard Faleye's shot being saved by the Cougars goalie going into the half leading 2-0.
Saint Francis opened up the second half with a pair of shots with one on target that was saved by
Tristan Edwards.
Gerald Ramirez countered the push with a shot that was just wide of the goal before Saint Francis was able to get on the board decreasing the Knights lead to one. Assouan quickly gained control for Marian firing off a pair of shots with one saved by the goalie. Before, Saint Francis struck again with a shot that was quickly followed by a second goal from Wehaus to extend the lead back to two. Less than two minutes later
Dani Rojas reached the back of the net extending the Knights lead to three with 10 minutes remaining. The Knights were able to maintain their lead and maintain possession for the rest of the match taking the 4-1 win to close the regular season.
Samuel Wehaus led the Knights recording two goals and now holds the single season points record with 47. This record was previously held by Mike Marshall who recorded 43 in the 1995 season.
Leonard Assouan also had a standout game recording one assist and one goal, as well as
Dani Rojas recording a goal.
Josh Wesseling also got on the board in the assist category tallying one.
Tristan Edwards played all 90 minutes in goal recording two saves in the win and now has 12 wins on the season.
Marian will be back in action on Wednesday as they host the seventh seeded Lancers from Grace. Kickoff for the Crossroads League Quarterfinal match up is slated for 7 PM at Ascension St. Vincent Field.
