MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Men's soccer battled the Milwaukee School of Enginnering (MSOE) to a 2-2 draw on the road in a back and forth match on Sunday, Sept. 1. The Knights move to 1-0-1 overall while the Raiders move to 0-1-1 overall. 
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • Alima Mmunga recorded the first shot of the match in the 11^th minute, but his on-target shot was saved by the MSOE keeper
  • Minutes later, it was Aidan Mott who fired an on-target attempt that was also saved by MSOE's Asher Harris
  • MSOE's offense got its first attempt of the match in the 15^th minute that was saved by Henry Eckert
  • Three minutes later, Danny Aranda from MSOE broke the tie to put the Raiders up 1-0 in the 18^th minute
  • After a Mason Yeatts shot was blocked, the Knights drew a penalty in the 42^nd minute
    • Curtis Ratzer beat the keeper on his penalty kick attempt to tie the match at 1-1 before half
• Second Half
  • The Knights wasted no time applying offensive pressure in the second half as Mmunga fired the half's first shot past the MSOE goalkeeper to give Wartburg a 2-1 lead in the 47^th minute
  • MSOE was unable to get any clean looks at goal offensively as the Raiders had two shots blocked over the next 10 minutes of play
  • Shots were traded in 57^th minute as Landon Hartsell put an attempt on goal that was saved right before MSOE had a shot on goal on the other end that was saved by Eckert
  • MSOE was able to tie the match at 2-2 in the 76^th minute when Braedon Smith netted a goal after an assist from Austin Killen
  • An Andrew Valenzuela shot was blocked, leading to a Wartburg corner kick that set up a Razter shot on goal in the 82^nd minute that was saved
  • Valenzuela put another attempt on goal in the 88^th minute that was saved for Harris' sixth save of the match
    • MSOE held off Wartburg's late push to keep the match at 2-2 for a draw

 
Top Performers

• Curtis Ratzer
  • Goal scored
    • Penalty kick
  • Three shots on goal
  • 90 minutes played
• Alima Mmunga
  • Goal scored
  • Two shots
    • Both on goal
  • 64 minutes played
• Andrew Valenzuela
  • Two total shots
    • One on goal
  • 81 minutes played

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg is now 1-0-1 in its last two matchups against MSOE     
  • 2-0-2 in the all-time series
• Ratzer's penalty kick goal was his first goal of the season as well as the first penalty attempt of the season for the Knights
  • Now 3/4 on penalty kick attempts in his career
• Despite trailing in total shots, Wartburg led MSOE in shots on goal 8-4
• Fourth career goal for Mmunga
  • First of 2024 season
• The Knights had five corner kick opportunities compared to MSOE's one attempt

 
Next Time Out
The Knights continue the season on Friday, Sept. 6 for a nonconference matchup on the road against Macalester College at 7:30 p.m.