Late Objective Sinks Drake Males at Western Michigan

KALAMZOO, Mich. – The Drake University males’s soccer staff went on the street for a tough Halloween take a look at and left Kalamazoo treatless after a 2-1 defeat. The Bulldogs battled again to tie the rating towards Western Michigan, however the dwelling Broncos discovered some late life to oust Drake, 2-1.
 
Drake (7-2-6, 2-1-3) suffered a setback within the early levels as Preston Kipnusu was compelled to exit, however the Bulldogs didn’t concede any floor to WMU. Western Michigan outshot Drake 6-2 over the primary 45 minutes, however to no avail as the 2 groups performed by a scoreless first half.
 
The second stanza began in reverse style because the Broncos (5-8-3, 2-1-3) discovered their footing. Juan Romero was assisted by Christian Shannon and Gabe Villagomez for a 52nd-minute objective, give WMU a 1-0 benefit.
 
Ten minutes later, Drake rebounded with a rating of its personal as freshman Landon Benge netted his second objective of the season after some assist from Crew Alvarez and Chase Wakefield. The objective drew Drake again even with the Broncos and in line for a degree.
 
Western Michigan had the final chuckle, nevertheless, as Jonathan Stout linked on his fifth objective of the yr within the 74th minute. Stout’s strike proved to be the game-winner because the Dogs couldn’t discover one other equalizer and Western Michigan held on for the 2-1 victory.
 
“Credit to Western Michigan on their big win,” Drake head coach Pat Flinn stated. “Certainly wasn’t our best performance. Losing Preston early in the match certainly didn’t help, but we’ve embraced next-man-up all year. Today was not our day across the board, but we still have everything to play for. Big home finale versus Bradley [next week] that we need to get.”
 
The Bulldogs will shut their common season slate on Wednesday, Nov. 5 with a 6 p.m. kickoff towards Bradley.