ST. PAUL, Minn. – Men's soccer suffered its first loss of the season on the road against Macalester on Friday, Sept. 6. The Knights move to 1-1-1 overall and Macalester is now 3-1 overall.
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • Macalester recorded a shot within the first minute that was saved by Henry Eckert
  • The Scots were able to record three more shots over the next 15 minutes, but none found the target
  • Eckert made a save in the 35^th minute, but the Scots broke the tie minutes later when a strike found the back of the net to make it 1-0
  • The Knights had a corner kick opportunity in the final minute of the half but Macalester held off Wartburg to take a 1-0 lead into the break
• Second Half
  • After an early save by Wartburg, a Knights foul led to a penalty attempt for the Scots that was converted to make the score 2-0
  • In the 63^rd and 64^th minutes, the Knights had three attempts on goal that were all saved by Macalester's Sam Price
  • The Knights had another scoring opportunity when Alima Mmunga recorded a shot on goal in the 80^th minute that was saved by Price to keep the score at 2-0
  • Macalester tacked on another goal in the 83^rd minute that pushed the score to 3-0

 
Top Performers

• Alima Mmunga
  • Shot on goal
• Itski Ebisawa
  • Shot on goal
• Kaeleb Wendy
  • Shot on goal
• Blake Whitlow
  • Shot on goal

 
Notes/Streaks

• First loss to Macalester since 2018
• All-time series is now 8-7-3 in favor of Wartburg
• Scots outshot the Knights 15-7 in total shots and held a 9-4 advantage in shots on goal
  • All of Wartburg's shots on goal came in the second half
• Eckert finished with six saves

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are in action next on Sunday, Sept. 8 for their home opener against Augsburg University at 3 p.m.