FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The #13 ranked Indiana Tech men's soccer team hosted Rochester Christian University on senior day Saturday afternoon, reaching double digit goals in a huge senior day win.
Seven seniors, including
Joao Gustavo,
Filip Maksimovic,
James Kwakye,
Emre Baris,
George Lamb,
Federico Confaloni, and
Lennart Wider, would be honored prior to the game. The pregame festivities would linger into the game because the Warriors would continue to celebrate all day with goal after goal. Baris and Maksimovic would link up to get the first goal of the day less than six minutes in. After picking up the assist, Baris would then score the second Tech goal seven minutes later.
Zak El Hannach would make it 3-0 Warriors, before
Gui Moreira and Confaloni both scored to close the half as Tech led 5-0 after 45 minutes.
In the second half,
Lennart Wider would make his Warrior debut in goal and make two saves on the day.
Marvin Kopp would start the game in goal, also making two saves and earning the win. The Warrior offense would continue to explode in the second frame with seven more goals! Moreira and Maksimovic each scored their second goal of the game to make it 7-0, before Rochester Christian would finally end the shutout. El Hannach would score again to make it 8-1 and would complete his hattrick later in the match.
Matthew Takawira would score a pair of goals in the second half and
Anderson Junior would add one as the Warriors trounced the visiting Warriors of Rochester Christian 12-1.
El Hannach (3 G), Maksimovic (2 G, 1 A), and Moreira (2 G, 1 A) each contributed to three goals for the Warriors, while Takawira (2 G), Baris (1 G, 1 A), and Confaloni (1 G, 1 A) would each partake in two goals. Anderson had one goal, while Gustavo,
Fabian Hauer,
Javier Lopez Medinaceli,
Ryan Henry,
Izaak Smith, and
Justin Vallelian all had one assist in the game.
The Warriors close the regular season with a 12-4-2 overall record and a 5-3-1 record in WHAC play. Tech finishes as the fifth seed and will head to four seed and rival University of Northwestern Ohio for the WHAC Tournament quarterfinal next Saturday, October 31
st in Lima, Ohio.
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