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Winner Missouri State MSU (9-0, 3-0 MVC)
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Evansville UE (2-5-1, 0-3 MVC)
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Missouri State MSU
(9-0, 3-0 MVC)
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Evansville UE
(2-5-1, 0-3 MVC)
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Missouri State MSU 4 0 4
Evansville UE 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Aces drop match to nationally-ranked Missouri State

EVANSVILLE - In its third Missouri Valley Conference match of the season, the University of Evansville men's soccer team fell to 17th-ranked Missouri State, 4-0, on Saturday evening at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

Early on in the match, Missouri State was awarded a penalty kick and Bears' leading goal scorer Josh Dolling stepped up to take the pK. Dolling's 13th minute PK missed high over the crossbar as the Aces avoided an early deficit. Four minutes later, the Bears were awarded another penalty and Matthew Bentley delivered the go-ahead goal for Missouri State. In the 20th minute, Missouri State pushed its lead to two on a second goal by Bentley who tapped home a cross by Ian Jones. As the half entered the final 10 minutes, the Bears scored two goals again in quick succession as Kyle Hiebert headed one home and Stuart Wilkin found thw back of the net both in the 39th minute.
 
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Evansville forced a couple of defensive actions upon Missouri State early in the second half as junior Francesco Brunetti had his shot blocked and senior Ben Weber had his attempt saved by Bears' goalkeeper Michael Creek. In all Creek was forced to make four saves, the most the redshirt junior has been tasked with saving in any match this season. The Aces looked to draw one back in the final minutes as sophomore Ryan Harris recorded a shot that goalkeeper Gage Steiner saved to preserve the 4-0 win for Missouri State.

The Aces bounced back from a 13-3 deficit in shots in the first half to out-shoot the Bears, 9-6, in the second half, while also earning four corner kicks to three for Missouri State.

Evansville starts a busy week next week on Wednesday with a trip to Des Moines, Iowa to take on Drake at 6 PM.
 
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