Men's Soccer Topped By Judson
Wolves fall in battle of conference leaders
David Snieg, Director of Sports Information
10/14/2009 12:48:25 PM
Max Leblond and the Wolves can't break the curse against Judson
Milwaukee, Wis. – In what was one of the premiere matchups on the 2009 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) men’s soccer schedule, the Cardinal Stritch University Wolves and Judson Eagles battled, on Wednesday night, for the conference’s top spot. Unfortunately, it would be the Eagles coming out on top defeating the Wolves by a score of 3-1.
The Wolves ended up in a hole early as the Eagles managed to score the match’s first goal in the opening 10 minutes of play. Judson’s William Zardetto (Sao Paulo, Brazil) put a header on a corner kick from Gustavo Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), sending the ball past Stritch goal keeper Max Leblond (Lille, France) to make the score 1-0. Things would settle back down as the half would end at the 1-0 score.
Play would resume in the second half with both teams playing tough, but it would be Judson that would end up on the board again. The Eagles’ Sven Moeller (Freiensteinau, Germany) would score the second goal of the match with an assist coming from Martin Khoshaba (Elgin, Ill.). Moeller’s goal would come in the match’s 63rd minute of play.
Things didn’t get any better for the Wolves as the Eagles would score again five minutes later as Rafa Heck (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) would added a third goal for Judson putting Stritch in a 3-0 deficit with just over 20 minutes left to play.
Stritch, which managed five shots on goal on nine overall shots, would break through on the board three minutes later as Andy Collins (Burnley, England) would cut the Judson lead to 3-1 with his fifth goal of the season.
Despite the goal by Collins, the Wolves would not be able to generate anymore offense as Stritch would fall by the score of 3-1. A physical match that lived up to its billing, the two teams combine for 37 fouls in the match with the Eagles committing 25 of them.
The loss drops the Wolves to 9-4-1 overall and to 4-2 in the conference also knocking Stritch from the top spot in the CCAC. The win sends Judson to 10-1 overall and to 4-1 in the conference, moving them to first in the CCAC ahead of the Wolves.
Up next, the Wolves will take on Robert Morris University on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Uihlein Soccer Park. Saturday will mark the final home game of the regular season for Stritch and will also be “Senior Day” as the Wolves will celebrate the contributions of the team’s six seniors.