Sept. 21, 2007

Box Score

Findlay, Ohio - The Mercyhurst Lakers men's soccer team tallied a 2-1 win over conference opponent Findlay on Friday. Mercyhurst improves 4-4-2 overall and 2-2-0 in the GLIAC. Findlay falls to 2-4-2 overall and 0-0-2 in the GLIAC.

Findlay got on the board early off of a successful penalty kick from sophomore B.J. Goodwin. Twenty minutes later, senior Kyle Jackson scored the equalizer off of a breakaway shot into the left hand side of the net.

Sophomore Kurt Young scored the game winner in the 57th minute of the match off a breakaway as well. He tucked the ball away in the right hand side of the net, right past Findlay goalkeeper Daryl Lotz to give the Lakers the win. Young currently leads the Lakers in points with four goals and three assists on the season.

Mercyhurst won out the shot competition with a narrow 18-15 advantage over Findlay. Corner kicks were even at four, with Findlay tallying eight saves to the Lakers' five. Junior Daniel Mudd was in-between the goal posts for the Lakers for the entire 90 minutes of play.

The Lakers will return to the field on Sunday when it travels to Ashland. Game time is set for 1 p.m.