Males’s soccer earns postseason spot with 2-1 win over Drake on Senior Day

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan males’s soccer group celebrated its seniors with a pivotal 2-1 win over the Drake Bulldogs.

With a spot within the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on the road Friday afternoon, the Broncos picked up an important three factors to make the postseason. Senior ahead Jonathan Stout in the end gave WMU the victory together with his first game-winning purpose of 2025 and fifth of the season. Graduate midfielder Juan Romero additionally recorded his first purpose with the Brown and Gold to initially give Western Michigan the lead.

The first 45 minutes of the match have been a defensive battle between the 2 groups. The Bronco protection was in a position to restrict the Bulldogs to solely two photographs by way of the half, together with the primary shot of the match on the 11-minute mark. After Drake registered the primary shot, WMU rapidly added three of its personal, forcing a save from the Bulldogs goalkeeper. Neither group discovered the again of the online within the half, however the Brown and Gold had one of the best probability on a shot on the prime of the penalty arc within the thirty third minute from Stout that simply missed the purpose to the left.

It wasn’t lengthy into the second half when the primary purpose of the match was scored by Western Michigan. Despite Drake permitting the least variety of targets within the Valley, Romero discovered his means across the Bulldogs on a header within the 52^nd minute. On a nook kick from Gabe Villagomez, a header from Christian Shannon in entrance of the purpose field discovered its option to Romero who bought it simply previous Drake’s keeper.

The Broncos did not preserve the lead for lengthy because the Bulldogs discovered their equalizer within the 62^nd minute on their first shot of the half. But WMU wasn’t deterred by the purpose, returning to its attacking third a minute later. The Brown and Gold’s persistence paid off as Stout put them again in entrance within the 74^th minute. Unassisted, Stout sailed in a shot from above the penalty space into the underside proper nook of the online for a 2-1 lead.

Western Michigan saved Drake at bay for the ultimate 16 minutes of the match. While the Bulldogs have been in a position to get two photographs off with underneath 10 minutes to go, Bronco keeper Alex Lindewirth made a leaping save to maintain the ball out of the purpose space. And a clear shot on a nook kick from Drake moments later went large left for the ultimate assault of the sport.

WMU finishes the common season on the highway on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The Brown and Gold will tackle the UIC Flames for his or her closing match of 2025 to find out their postseason seeding. Western Michigan can end wherever from first to fifth within the MVC to finish the common season. The Broncos closing common season match is ready to kick off at 7:00 p.m. EST.