JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Lincoln men's soccer team wrapped up its second-straight undefeated season on Tuesday (Oct. 27) by finishing a suspended match against McKendree with a 4-0 victory.
The Blue Tigers, who clinched the GLVC regular season championship with a road win over Drury on Saturday (Oct. 24), scored twice on Tuesday to improve to 12-0-4 overall and 11-0-3 in league play. The match against McKendree (6-8-3, 5-6-3 GLVC) began on Sept. 9, but thunderstorms forced play to be suspended with 4:19 remaining in the first half. Lincoln led, 2-0, at that point, and held on for the shutout win on Tuesday.
Junior Grizzelle scored two goals, one in the 27th minute and another in the 65th.
Nicholas Asante scored the first goal of the match and assisted on Grizzelle's first half goal. Lawel assisted on Grizzelle's other score while
Jonathan Nemorden hit the ball into the net on a header in the 75th minute for the final goal of the match.
Felipe Mattos had one save and
Vincent Osei recorded three to combine for the shutout victory. Grizzelle led Lincoln with five shots, all of which were on goal, and Lawel had four total attempts. Nemorden added three total shots and two on the net while Assante and
Jaden Grant each finished with two overall shots and one shot on goal.
Makwe Nkoana and
Santiago Pineda both had shots on goal while
Nathan Quashie,
Shadrack Eshun and
Conroy Nicely attempted one shot apiece.
Lincoln now waits to learn who it will host in the quarterfinals of the GLVC Men's Soccer Championship. That first-round match will be played at Capital City High School in Jefferson City on Saturday (Oct. 31) at 2:00 p.m. CT.
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