OWENSBORO, Ky. – The Kentucky Wesleyan College men's soccer team went toe-to-toe with nationally-ranked No. 6 Lake Erie College on Sunday afternoon, falling 2-1 in Great Midwest Athletic Conference action.
The Panthers move to 4-6 on the season and 2-5 in G-MAC play while the Storm remain undefeated at 12-0 and a perfect 8-0 in the conference.
Lake Erie took an early 1-0 lead after netting their first goal in the fifth minute of action. The Storm fired off 10 shots in the first half, but only found the back of the net once. The 54th minute saw the Storm take a 2-0 lead on a header.
Less than three minutes later Jacob Lensing cut the deficit to one with his first goal of the season after a scramble in front of the net on a corner kick. It was just the fifth goal that the Storm had given up this season and the first in 239 minutes of action.
The Panther defense stepped up in the second half, holding the Storm to just four shots. Wesleyan put on the pressure, firing off three shots in the final 15 minutes of action but were unable to net the game-tying goal.
Elijah Easterday, Ben Protheroe, Troy Alexander, Jake Peveler and Lensing each finished with one shot for Wesleyan.
Lucas Daunhauer played the full 90 minutes in net making five saves and allowing two goals.
Wesleyan remains home this week with a pair of G-MAC matches, hosting Walsh on Thursday and Malone on Saturday.
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