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Leo Stengert
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Buena Vista BVU (4-4-0, 0-1-0)
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Winner Wartburg WAR (3-4-1, 1-0-0)
Buena Vista BVU
(4-4-0, 0-1-0)
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Final
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Wartburg WAR
(3-4-1, 1-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Buena Vista BVU 0 1 1
Wartburg WAR 4 3 7

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Rout Buena Vista 7-1 on Senior Day to Open A-R-C Play

WAVERLY, Iowa – Men's soccer celebrated senior day with a 7-1 rout of Buena Vista University in its American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) opener at home on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Knights are now 3-4-1 overall and 1-0 in A-R-C play, while BVU moves to 4-4 overall and 0-1 in A-R-C play.
 
Match Summary
  • First Half
    • The Knights applied offensive pressure early and often with four shots on goal recorded in the first 10 minutes of play
    • Wartburg was first on the scoreboard when a foul in the box led to an Alima Mmunga successful penalty kick in the 14th minute to make the score 1-0
    • In the same minute, a BVU yellow card led to a free kick from Flori Gembo that found the back of the net to give Wartburg a 2-0 lead
    • The Knights struck again the 28th minute when Kaleab Wendy fired a shot on goal that was saved, but deflected directly to Flori Gembo, who provided a second-straight strike to push the Knights' lead to 3-0
    • Tyler Howe fired a shot on goal that was saved BVU in the 34th minute and then seven minutes later, Wendy got free for another Wartburg goal to push the score to 4-0 headed into halftime
  • Second Half
    • Wartburg continued to look for scoring opportunities early in the second half and found one in the 52nd minute when Gembo delivered a pass to Lwings Kabula, who fired a shot past the keeper to push the lead to 5-0
    • In the 60th minute, Mmunga added his second score of the match with an assist from Diego Sanchez
    • Buena Vista broke up the shutout in the 77th minute with a deep shot from Kendall Bickford
    • Wendy put the finishing touches on a 7-1 win with a goal in the 80th minute after an assist from Peyton Meier
    • Meier and Jackson Haugen each fired late shots, but the Knights finished with a 7-1 win over BVU
 
Top Performers
  • Flori Gembo
    • Two goals
    • One assist
    • Three shots on goal
    • 53 minutes played
  • Kaleab Wendy
    • Two goals
    • One assist
    • Four shots on goal
    • 45 minutes played
  • Alima Mmunga
    • Two goals
    • Three shots on goal
    • 47 minutes played
 
Notes/Streaks
  • 23rd-straight win against Buena Vista
    • Leads the all-time series 26-4
  • Most goal scored in a match since last season against Cornell (7-0)
  • Second career multi-goal match for Gembo
    • Now has nine career goals and seven career assists
    • Second and third goal of the season and the second assist of the season
  • First multi-goal match for Wendy
    • Also first match with a goal and an assist recorded
    • Now has four career goals and two career assists
    • Scored his second and third goal of the season and recorded his first assist of the season
  • First multi-goal match for Mmunga
    • Mmunga is now 1/1 in his career in PK's
    • Second and third goals of the season
    • Seventh and eighth career goals for Mmunga
  • First career assist for Meier
  • First goal of the season for Kabula
    • Fifth career goal at Wartburg
  • Third assist of the season for Sanchez (team high)
  • Season debuts for Kaden Baxter, Maximus Mendez, Jackson Haugen, Blake Halleran, Kadin Fry, Rentse De Jong, Brady Benzing and Trent Neff
 
Next Time Out
The Knights will be in action next on Wednesday, Oct. 1 on the road against the University of Wisconsin-Platteville at 5 p.m.
 
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