(BEREA, Ohio) – The Wilmington College men's soccer team got back on track Saturday night at Baldwin Wallace University with a 2-0 shutout victory. They improve to 4-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and are 11-3-2 overall this season.
The Quakers were all over the Yellow Jackets keeper early, taking three of their eight shots in the first half during the first three and a half minutes of play. They had shots on target from
Kaden Young and
Parker Burke. Young put one final shot on goal for Wilmington in the first half in the 24th minute of a scoreless first 45 minutes of play.
Wilmington had one shot in the second half before finally striking in the 61st minute.
Noah Lee sent in a corner kick right off the head of
Eli Eyrich past the keeper for a 1-0 lead.
Six minutes later they scored again.
Vigor Karlsson gained possession deep in their own territory and began to make his way up the field. He passed to Young who passed to
Jordan Domoe. Six Yellow Jackets swarmed Domoe and left Burke wide open up the right side of the field for an easy one on one with the keeper and struck it past him for a 2-0 lead.
Burke had one more solid look at the end of the game, but it was saved, as the Quakers won in a shutout.
Notables
- Freshman Judah Hanks earned his second shutout of the season, making two saves.
- Parker Burke scored his ninth goal of the season and fourth in OAC play.
- Eli Eyrich scored his fourth goal of the season, with three of those goals coming in the past week alone.
- Jordan Domoe dished out his sixth assist of the season while Noah Lee recorded his third.
- Burke had a game high five shots and three shots on goal.
- Both teams had 12 shots while Wilmington had six shots on goal to Baldwin Wallace's two.
- This is the Quakers fifth shutout win of the year and first in OAC action.
What's Up Next
Wilmington hosts Capital University in Williams Stadium on Wednesday night at 7:00 P.M. They look for their first win over the Comets since 2022.
