Marquette
Bulls Blank Marquette In Opening Day of Marquette Invitational
9/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
MILWAUKEE, WI- The University at Buffalo men's soccer team
opened play at the Marquette Invitational tonight, shutting out
host Marquette, 4-0. Mike Unwin (Basingstoke, England/North Iowa
CC) scored two goals for the Bulls, while UB goalkeeper Nick Fetterman had six saves in net, earning his second shutout of the
season.
The Bulls scored early in the game as Rich Wilson took a free kick
pass from Steffen Thoresen at the 16 minute mark of the match.
Wilson's header shot got past the Golden Eagles goalkeeper to
put the Bulls up by one. The UB defense was put to the test in the
first half as Marquette outshout the Bulls 12-1. The Bulls relied
heavily on Fetterman, who notched five saves to keep the Golden
Eagles scoreless.
The second half went in favor of Buffalo across the boards as the
Bulls posted three more goals, while outshooting the Golden Eagles,
11-7. The second Buffalo goal came at the 56:57 mark with Dan Bulley setting up Unwin to fire from inside the top of the box.
Casey Derkacz (Hamburg, NY/Penn State) had two quick chances with
back-to-back shots in the 62nd minute, but settled for the assist
as Lucas Bassan grabbed the rebound to score Buffalo's third
goal of the night. Unwin scored one more with less than four
minutes remaining by connecting with Risto Latti (Hyuinkaa,
Finland/Sueitsin Lukio) as he sent the ball diagonally across the
field to perfectly set up Unwin for his second goal of the match
and to ultimately seal the Buffalo win. Unwin had a team high four
shots on the night.
Nick Fetterman
Fetterman finished the game with six saves in net as Marquette
outshot the Bulls 19-12.
The Bulls will continue play on Sunday with a game against DePaul.
The match is set for 12pm CT in Chicago, IL.
