(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College men's soccer team won their fifth straight game Wednesday night and stayed undefeated in a 9-4 win over the visiting Muskingum University Fighting Muskies in Williams Stadium.
Parker Burke continued his incredible first season as a Quaker with another hat trick to help lead Wilmington to victory.
Randy Harris added a goal and two assists in the game, while
Luke Washenfelder also dished out a pair of assists. Wilmington is now 9-0-3 overall this season.
Burke got the scoring started for Wilmington in the 15th minute as
Randy Harris found him in the box for a left footed strike. Burke made it 2-0 in the 17th minute after he passed it to
Kaden Young, who sent the ball past his defender to Burke, who beat the keeper one on one for the score.
Burke was involved in the third goal as well, finding
Luke Washenfelder on the far side, who chipped one into
Randy Harris's head for the goal and a 3-0 Quakers advantage. Washenfelder found Young later in the half for a left footed strike and a 4-0 lead. The Muskies made the score 4-1 before
Alfie Harris sent an unassisted strike into the back of the net for a 5-1 lead in the 27th minute.
Muskingum made it a 5-2 game before a
Jose Ruiz goal off a free kick gave Wilmington a 6-2 lead at the half.
The Muskies cut the lead to 6-3, before Burke scored his final goal of the game, finding the upper right corner of the net for a 7-3 lead off a
Randy Harris assist. A Muskies own goal extended Wilmington's lead to 8-3 before the Muskies scored to push it to 8-4. The final goal came from
Logan Kent on a free kick that snuck past the keeper and gave Wilmington a 9-4 win.
Notables
- This ties the Quakers season high for goals.
- Parker Burke has now had four multi-goal games this season, and two games with three or more goals. He has 18 total goals.
- This was Randy Harris's third multi-assist game of the season and was Luke Washenfelder's first.
- Kaden Young scored his 11th goal of the campaign, while Randy Harris found the net for the eighth time, Alfie Harris for the second, Jose Ruiz for the fourth, and Logan Kent scored for the third time.
- The Quakers as a team took 21 or more shots for the sixth time this season and had 10 or more shots on goal for the eighth time.
What's Up Next
The Quakers travel to Alliance, Ohio to battle the University of Mount Union Saturday night under the lights at 7:00 P.M.
Wilmington is ranked No. 5 in Region VII according to the United Soccer Coaches (USC), while Mount Union is ranked No. 7.
The Quakers lost to Mount Union last season, 1-0.
