JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Lincoln men's soccer team played a dominant first half and withstood a flurry of shots over the final 45 minutes to beat Missouri S&T, 4-1, at Capital City High School on Wednesday night (Oct. 21).
Lincoln (10-0-4, 9-0-3 GLVC) scored all of its goals in the first half, starting with
Nathan Quashie's score off an assist from
Junior Grizzelle in the 14th minute. Just under 10 minutes later,
Jerome Lawel took a ball deflected off a Miner defender and kicked it past the keeper for a 2-0 LU lead. The Blue Tigers, currently ranked No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II rankings, out-shot the Miners 8-3 over the first 45 minutes.
In the 41st minute, Nicholas Assante fed the ball to
Ackeem Mullings, who scored the third goal of the evening for Lincoln. Not even four full minutes later, Grizzelle picked up his second assist of the night by passing to
Pedro Gomes, who kicked the ball in to the back corner of the net. Missouri S&T (8-6-1, 6-6-1 GLVC) got its lone goal of the match in the 61st minute after a ball bounced off a Lincoln defender, giving the Miners an open look at the net.
Felipe Mattos started the game in the goal and made four saves.
Vincent Osei played the final 29:26 of the contest in the net and made four saves, including stopping a pair of penalty kick shots. The Miners attempted eight shots during the second half while holding the Blue Tigers to five attempts, but Lincoln finished with a 5-2 advantage on corner kick opportunities.
Quashie led Lincoln with three total shots, two of which were on goal. Grizzelle had two shots on the net and
Adam Griffiths finished with two attempts.
Jonathan Nemorden also had a shot on the net while
Conroy Nicely and
Jaden Grant each also attempted shots.
Lincoln plays its biggest match of the season on Saturday (Oct. 24) in Springfield, Mo. when the Blue Tigers play Drury at 2:30 p.m. CDT. Lincoln and Drury, which is ranked No. 22 in the country, are tied in points atop the GLVC standings, and Saturday's match could end up deciding the league's regular season champion.
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