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November 6 @ University of the
Cumberlands (Mid-South Tournament) |
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The Shawnee
State men's soccer team fell 6-0 to the University of the
Cumberlands on Saturday afternoon to end the 2010
season. The Bears finish the season with an
overall record of 8-10.
The University of the Cumberlands'
Renan Serafim scored his first goal in the fourth
minute of the game and scored two more to give the
Patriots a 3-0 lead at the break. Renan scored
again 24 seconds in to the second half and the
Patriot's Imnam Bains and Kevin Murphy each tallied
a goal of their own to tally the 6-0 win over the
Bears and move on in the Mid-South Tournament.
Shawnee State offense managed only
three shots on goal in the game.
Junior Kevin Fischer tallied seven
saves in the game, while freshman Jordan Duncan
tallied one save. [Box
Score] |
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November 1 vs. Cincinnati Christian |
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The Shawnee
State men’s soccer team defeated Cincinnati
Christian, 4-1, Monday afternoon. The Bears improved
their record to 8-9 overall for the season.
Cincinnati Christian falls to 5-8-1 for the year.
Sophomore
Chad Johnston started Shawnee State off right with a
goal in the first minute assisted by freshman Kyle
Brooks. Shawnee State struggled to gain the
upper-hand in the first half, but an unassisted goal
by Brooks shifted momentum in the Bears favor.
Scoring the Bears' third goal was sophomore Michael
Meadows. Meadow’s goal was assisted by freshman Yves
Nzwanga. After an Eagle foul in the goal box,
freshman Branden Ruth scored the fourth and final
goal for Shawnee on a penalty kick.
Juniors
Kevin Fischer had eight saves in the match and only
allowed one goal in 90 minutes of play. [Box
Score] |
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October 30 vs. Cumberlands |
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Unable to find the net for a fifth
straight game, the Shawnee State Men's Soccer team suffered a 10-0
loss Saturday to a very physical University of Cumberlands. The loss
brings Shawnee to 7-9 overall for the season and 3-5 in the
Mid-South Conference. Cumberlands improves to 15-4 overall and 6-3
in the Mid-South Conference. The University
of Cumberlands took an early lead in the match with their first goal
in the opening minute. The Bears struggled to keep up allowing five
goals in the first half and five goals in the second half.
Cumberlands outnumbered Shawnee in shots 39-7 and 16-4 shots on
goal. Thomas Mihalezo of the University of Cumberlands had both a
hat-trick and an assist in the match.
Sophomore Ryan Hooper allowed six goals and had
five save in the match, while freshman Johannes Krickl allowed four
goals with one save.
The two teams combined for a total number of 31
fouls and four yellow cards were handed out. [Box
Score]
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October 25 vs. Malone |
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After battling back-and-forth for 89
minutes the Bears fell short as Malone found the
back of the net for the game's only goal with 13.8
seconds remaining in regulation.
Malone's Kobort Koffa scored just above the hand of
SSU's goalie Kevin Fischer to give the Pioneers the
non-conference win. Shawnee State falls to 7-8
overall, while Malone improve to 6-11.
In a predominately rough game which
tallied 27 fouls between the two teams, neither team
could get much offense started. The Pioneers
out shot the Bears 7-3 in shots on goal.
Fischer finished the game with six
saves for the Bears. Felipe Monteiro got the
win for the Pioneers as he recorded two saves in the
game. [Box
Score] |
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October 23 vs. Campbellsville |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team battled a
tough Campbellsville team Saturday at Shawnee Turf, falling
just short by a score of 1-0.
The loss drops the Bears to the .500 mark at 7-7 overall and
4-4 in the MSC. With the win, Campbellsville improves
their record to 13-3 overall and 5-3 in MSC.
It was a physical game from the outset and
continued throughout the entire match. Both teams
combined for 30 fouls and two yellow cards over the course
of the defensive dominated match. The Bears had a few
chances in the first half as Yves Nzwanga (FR, Columbus,
OH.) got two shots off early but neither found the
back of the net. Then Campbellsville went on the
attack. Throughout the game, the Tigers pushed the
envelope as they moved upfield, leading to 10 offsides calls
and numerous missed scoring opportunities. Goalie
Kevin Fischer (JR, Athens, OH) added a couple of great
acrobatic saves to a great overall defensive effort that
kept the Bears even at the half 0-0.
The second half saw the game's only goal
which was tallied by Campbellsville's Jaime Allen on an
assist by Gustavo Valecillos. Allen broke free on a
long pass and was able to sneak a shot by Fischer's
outstretched arms and into the bottom right corner of the
net. The Bears continued to fight their way back but
the Campbellsville defense thwarted many of the runs put
forth by Shawnee State. On the game, each goal tender
tallied seven saves, while the Tigers out shot the Bears
27-14. |
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October 19 @ West Virginia Tech |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team lost a
conference game 3-0 on the road to West Virginia Tech on
Tuesday afternoon. The Bears fall to 7-6 on the season
and 3-3 in conference action.
The Bears gave up an early goal and fell
behind 2-0 at the break. West Virginia Tech added another
goal in the second to give them the 3-0 win.
The Bears were out shot 13-2 in shots on
goal.
"I thought we pretty well after giving up
an early goal in the 4th minute," said Head Coach Ron
Goodson. "We had some good possession but couldn't get
our offense going. We had a good opportunity to score
on a counter attack after Tech's miss penalty kick, but
couldn't capitalize, which could have been a real momentum
changer for us. Now we have to get ready for a big
game on Saturday against Campbellsville and hopefully we can
get our offense back on track."
Junior Kevin Fischer started in goal for
the Bears, giving up two goals and tallying two saves.
Sophomore Ryan Hooper tallied nine saves, giving up one
goal.
[Box
Score] |
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October 16 vs. Urbana |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team
suffered a 5-0
loss on Saturday against Urbana University. The loss moves
Shawnee to 7-5 for the year, while Urbana improves their
record to 6-7-1.
The Bears were
shutout by Urbana’s Stuart Brown’s four goals. Ryan Kleman
added the fifth and final goal. Shawnee was only able to
create four shots on goal and 14 shots total.
Sophomore Ryan
Hooper tallied three saves and allowed four goals, while
freshman Jordan Duncan allowed the fifth. [Box
Score]
Shawnee will
travel to West Virginia Tech for their next conference match
on Tuesday, October 19th. The match will start at
2:00 p.m. |
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October 6 @ Pikeville |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team improves
to 7-4 overall and 3-2 in the Mid-South with a 1-0 win at
Pikeville on Wednesday night. The
Bears controlled the game from the start to finish, out
shooting Pikeville 32-3 in the game and 14-0 with shots on
goal. "We possessed the ball real well and created
many scoring opportunities, but was not able to capitalize,"
said Head Coach Ron Goodson.
"It was Pikeville's senior night and being
a 9:00 p.m. start was different for our team, but I thought
we played very well."
Senior Luke Purpero scored the games only
goal in the 52nd minutes of play off of a free kick from 20
yards out. The goal tallies Purpero's tenth of the
season and fourth game winning goal.
Sophomore Ryan Hooper got the shutout.
[Box
Score] |
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October 2 vs. Lindsey Wilson |
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The Shawnee State men’s soccer team lost
Saturday afternoon to NAIA ranked No. 11 Lindsey Wilson in a
conference match-up. Failing to score after 90 minutes of
play, the Bears suffered a 7-0 defeat. This loss moves the
Bears to 6-4 on the season and 2-2 in the Mid-South
Conference, and put Lindsey Wilson ahead to 9-1-1 overall
and 4-0 in the Mid-South.
Lindsey Wilson dominated possession time
leaving the Bears at a loss. Shawnee only managed two shots
on goal, while Lindsey Wilson had 14. Goalkeepers Kevin
Fischer and Ryan Hooper both shared an equal amount of time
in goal and each was kept busy. Fischer saved four goals,
but allowed four, and Hooper save three goals, but allowed
three. [Box
Score] |
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September 29 @ Marshall |
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The Bears played a tough game against NCAA
Division I opponent Marshall University on Wednesday, but
the Bears were unable to score a goal en route to a 3-0
loss. Shawnee State falls to 6-3 on the season.
The Bears kept the game close allowing only
one goal in the first half. Marshall's Mat Butler
scored in the 34th minute of the game on assists by Peter
Bulat and Anthony Virgara.
Marshall struck again in the 55th minute
of play as Kyle Sniatecki scored. Marshall rounded out
their scoring in the 84th minute as Sniatecki found Jordan
Hilgefort to give the Herd the 3-0 victory.
Junior Kevin Fischer was tagged with the
loss as he allowed three goals and had 13 saves in the game.
[Box
Score] |
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September 24 vs.
St. Catharine |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team shut out
conference foe St. Catharine 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
The Bears improve to 6-2 on the season and 2-1 in the
Mid-South.
Junior Luke Purpero got the Bears on the
board as he scored his ninth goal of the season on assists
from sophomore Michael Meadows and junior Josh Hartman in
the 20th minute of action. Purpero then found
sophomore Chad Johnston for his fifth goal of the season in
the 30th minute of play to give the Bears the 2-0 advantage
at the break.
In the second half, Johnston found Meadows
to give Shawnee State the 3-0 victory of the Patriots.
The goal was Meadows' second of the season.
Junior Kevin Fischer got the shut out as
he tallied two saves in the game. [Box
Score] |
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September 24 vs. Johnson Bible College |
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The Shawnee State men's soccer team had
little trouble as the Bears shutout Johnson Bible College
6-0 on Friday evening. The Bears improve to 5-2 on the
season.
Junior Luke Purpero got the Bears going,
as he scored within just six minutes of the game on an
assist from sophomore Michael Meadows. This was
Purpero's seventh goal of the season. Meadows then
scored a goal of his own (first of the season) in the 36th
minute. Freshman AJ Cole scored his first goal of the
season on an assist by Lenier Crawford in the 40th minute to
give the Bears the 3-0 cushion at the break.
The Bears did not let down in the second
half. Purpero gave the Bears their fourth goal of the
game in the 64th minute on a penalty kick. Six minutes
later sophomore Logan Coyer recorded his first goal of the
season. The Bears tallied their final goal of the game
on Kyle Brooks' first goal of the season.
Sophomore Ryan Hooper got the shutout for
the Bears as he played 67 minutes in goal tallying one save.
Freshman Duncan Jordan played the final 23 minutes tallying
one save. [Box
Score] |
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September 18 @ Georgetown |
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Shawnee State pulled out a win after a close
match against Georgetown College with a score of 4-3 on
Saturday afternoon. Shawnee improves its record to 3-2
overall and 1-1 in the Mid-South Conference. Georgetown
falls to 1-6 for the year and 0-1 in the Mid-South
Conference. The Bears took an early
lead with a third minute goal scored by junior Luke Purpero.
Purpero found the net again in the eighth minute to give
Shawnee an early 2-0 lead. Georgetown answered with an
unassisted goal scored by Matt Hess in minute 16. Sophomore
Chad Johnston responded for the Bears and added a third goal
in the 24th minute. Georgetown's Hess and Wes Jones both
scored to finish out the half tying the game up at 3-3.
Johnston scored the game winner for Shawnee in the 72nd
minute, giving the Bears their first win over the new
conference foe.
Johnston had two assist, Purpero with one,
and Lenier Crawford added another. Freshman Jordan Duncan
had six saves in the first half, while junior Kevin Fischer
finished the game with eight saves. [Box
Score] |
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September 14 @ Cedarville |
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The Shawnee
State men's soccer team fell to Cedarville University on the road
Tuesday evening. The Bears go to 2-2 on the season.
The Yellow Jackets improve to 4-2 overall.
Shawnee State struck first as junior Luke Purpero scored
unassisted in the 10th minute of play. Purpero's goal,
his third of the season, gave the Bears the 1-0 advantage at
the half.
The Bears
defense held off the Yellow Jackets until the 69th minute of
play when James Twinem found Matt Niemiec with a long pass
and Niemec scored one-on-one to knot the game at 1-1.
Cedarville's Zack Gatlin scored the game winner in the 72nd
minute unassisted.
The Bears were
out shot 15-5 on shots on goal.
Sophomore Ryan
Hooper recorded a career-high 14 saves in the loss. [Box
Score] |
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September 12 @ Berea |
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The Shawnee
State men's soccer team defeated Berea on the road 3-1 on
Sunday to improve their record of 2-1 on the season.
The Bears got on the board first as sophomore Ryan Beatty
found junior Luke Purpero for his second goal of the season
in the 17th minute of the game. Berea tied the game at
1-1 as Ryan Forlenberay scored unassisted. Shawnee
State answered in the 77th minute as junior Cody Bond scored
on an assist from sophomore Chad Johnston giving the Bears
the advantage. The Bears sealed the win as they scored
a minute later on a goal as Johnston found Beatty for his
second assist of the game and Beatty's first goal of the
season.
Kevin Fischer
got the win for the Bears as he played 85 minutes in goal
recording six saves. [Box
Score] |
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September 8 vs. Ohio Valley |
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team opened up home action on Shawnee Turf as they defeated
Ohio Valley Christian 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.
Shawnee State goes to 1-1 on the season, while Ohio Valley
falls to 1-1-1.
Ohio Valley got on the board first as
Dalton Pecarski scored in the 41st minutes unassisted to
give the Fighting Scots the 1-0 advantage at the half.
Sophomore Chad Johnston found junior Luke
Purpero in the 48th minutes of play to knot the game at 1-1.
Johnston gave the Bears the 2-1 lead as he scored unassisted
in the 81st minute. Ohio Valley tied the game 1:41
later as Danny Fernadez assisted Johnny Ivy. Johnston
found the back of the net again 1:11 seconds later on an
assist from Purpero to give Shawnee State the 3-2 win.
Junior Kevin Fischer picked up the win as
he tallied a career-high 17 saves allowing two goals.
Spencer Widlicka got the loss for the Fighting Scots,
tallying seven saves. [Box
Score] |
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2009 Recaps |
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