LIVONIA, Mich. – The #13 ranked Indiana Tech men's soccer team faced a huge conference matchup on Wednesday afternoon when they hit to road to play Madonna University. Despite 12 shots in the contest, the Warriors would fail to score, falling 0-1 to the Crusaders in a critical match that had regular season title implications on the line.
Madonna would come out of the gates strong with the first offensive attacks. They would find the back of the net in the 16
th minute to take a 1-0 lead. After a few more Madonna chances, Tech would close the half with three shots on target over the final ten minutes to get some momentum going into the second half. The second 45 minutes would be back and forth with each team taking a barrage of chances at a time before momentum switched sides again and again. The Warriors would have more control than the Crusaders, outshooting them 7-3 in the half, but would fail to find a breakthrough. Madonna survived the late Warrior attacks as they desperately searched for an equalizer, holding on to the 1-0 upset victory.
Robin Vezinhet would lead the Warriors with three shots on goal, while
Marvin Kopp made six saves in net.
The loss drops the Warriors to 10-3-2 on the season and 3-2-1 in conference play as they fall down the table to fifth place with three regular season games remaining. Tech will need to run the table to make a run back toward the top over their final three games, starting with Cornerstone University on Saturday, October 17
th at 4pm in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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