WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's soccer continued its high-powered offensive attack in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play on Wednesday, Oct. 8 with a 5-2 win over the University of Dubuque at home. Wartburg was led today by a hat trick performance from sophomore Flori Gembo.
 
The Knights are now 2-0 in A-R-C play and move to 4-5-1 overall, while Dubuque moves to 0-7-4 overall and 0-1-2 in A-R-C play.
 
Match Summary

• First Half
  • The Knights got the scoring started in the fifth minute, when Aidan Mott found Alima Mmunga on a cross that Mmunga finished to put Wartburg in front 1-0 early
  • Lwings Kabula drew a foul deep in the Dubuque box to draw a penalty, but UD was able to make the save on the penalty attempt to keep the score at 1-0 in the 22^nd minute
  • In the 27^th minute, it was Mott again who made a great pass to find a streaking Flori Gembo who finished the strike to make it 2-0
  • UD was able to cut Wartburg's lead in half in the 34^th minute when Mario Meier dished it to Eddie Papis who fired a shot that found the back of the net following a deflection
  • Wartburg took a 2-1 lead into halftime
• Second Half
  • Gembo had a shot on goal saved in the 47^th minute and then Mott had a shot just miss the target and deflect off the left goal post in the 60^th minute
  • Gembo tallied his second goal of the match in the 68^th minute with an assist from Lwings Kabula to push the Wartburg lead to 3-1
  • 10 minutes later, Mmunga and Gembo carved through the UD defense to line up a third goal of the night from Gembo and make the score 4-1
  • Tyler Howe made a long pass to Kabula in the 85^th minute that ended in Wartburg's fifth score of the night
  • Dubuque was able to add a late goal, but Wartburg held off the Spartans for a 5-2 win at home

 
Top Performers

• Flori Gembo
  • Three goals
  • Seven shots on goal
• Alima Mmunga
  • One goal
  • One assist
• Aidan Mott
  • Two assists

 
Notes/Streaks

• Wartburg now leads the all-time series 14-10-4
  • The Knights are now 7-5-2 overall at home against UD
• Outscoring A-R-C opponents 12-3 through two matches
• First career hat trick for Gembo
  • Six goals this season is a team high
• Joseph Svoboda made his college debut with a start at goalkeeper
• Fourth goal of the season and second assist of the season for Mmunga
• Mott recorded his second and third assists of the season tonight
• Second goal of the season and first assist for Kabula
• First assist of the season for Howe
  • Second of his career
• Wartburg outshot Dubuque 26-6 in total shots and 13-2 in shots on goal

 
Next Time Out
The Knights are back in action on Saturday, Oct. 11 for an A-R-C match on the road against Central College at 1 p.m.