Men’s Soccer falls to #17 Kenyon to open 2022 season
Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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Ohio Northern (0-1-0, 0-0-0) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
#17 Kenyon (1-0-0, 0-0-0) | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Team Stats
Game Statistics | Ohio Northern | #17 Kenyon |
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Shots (on goal) | 6 (4) | 19 (14) |
Saves | 7 | 2 |
Fouls | 14 | 10 |
Corner Kicks | 3 | 9 |
Offsides | 3 | 2 |
By Wes Mayberry
GAMBIER — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team opened its 2022 season with a 6-2 defeat to No. 17 Kenyon on Thursday evening at Mavec Field.
The Owls improve to 1-0-0 on the season while dropping the Polar Bears to 0-1-0.
Sophomore Ryan Sommerfeld (Dublin/Coffman) led the way for ONU with three points, netting one goal and assisting the other, which was scored by senior Aaron Shelton (Ortonville, Mich./Brandon).
Senior Josh Ellis (Whitehouse/Anthony Wayne) tallied a career-best seven saves in goal for ONU.
Senior Sebastian Gaese tallied five points with two goals and one assist, and senior Scott Upton added a pair of goals to lead the Owls.
The teams went into halftime tied at 1-1 after netting goals early in the game.
Shelton put the Polar Bears up 1-0 just over 10 minutes into the game, and Gaese answered with a goal of his own roughly one minute later.
Gaese gave the Owls their first lead of the game at 2-1 less than nine minutes into the second half, but Sommerfeld's goal, which was assisted by fifth-year senior Bryan Kern (Rocky River), knotted the score again with 30:33 left.
Kenyon regained the lead on a goal from sophomore Alem Duratovic with 15:34 remaining, kickstarting a 4-0 run to close the game.
Upton converted a penalty kick with 10:33 left, and senior Mac Nardiello-Smith made it 5-2 with 2:34 remaining.
Upton got himself one-on-one with Ellis with time winding down and found the back of the net as time expired to cap the scoring.
Kenyon out-shot ONU 19-6 in the game and held advantages of 14-4 in shots on goal and 9-3 in corner kicks.
The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday for their 2022 home opener against Oberlin at 12 p.m.