Men’s Soccer

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Mann captures MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors

Lawrence University men’s soccer standout Charlie Mann has been chosen as the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Mann (Denver, Colo./Littleton), a sophomore defender, spearheaded the defensive effort of the Vikings in a pair of Lawrence victories during the past week. This is the first time in Mann’s career that he has won this award.

Playing in the center of the Lawrence defense, Mann was a key player in the Vikings’ 2-0 victory at Ripon College on Oct. 12. Lawrence limited the Red Hawks to only nine shots on goal in the match.

Mann then was given the task of marking Beloit College star Jackson Wilkins, one of the top scorers in the conference, in Lawrence’s game against the Buccaneers on Oct. 15. The Vikings posted a 2-1 overtime victory over the Bucs, and Mann held Wilkins without a point. The Bucs were held to only seven shots on goal.

Lawrence (5-9-0, 4-2-0 MWC) returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Knox College.

Vikings top Beloit in overtime thriller

David Caprile delivered the game-winning goal four minutes into overtime to lift the Lawrence University men’s soccer team to a 2-1 Midwest Conference victory over Beloit College on Saturday at Whiting Field West.

Caprile scored at 104:00 to lift Lawrence (5-9-0, 4-2-0 MWC) to the victory.

Lawrence played a cross into the box and Joe Cullen went up to attempt a shot. Cullen was knocked to the ground and the penalty kick was awarded. Caprile buried the ball low and right into the back of the net and is now 4-for-4 on penalty kicks this season.

Lawrence took a 1-0 lead when Cullen scored his first goal of the season off a pass from Hashim Allah-Morad in the 33rd minute. Beloit (5-6-1, 4-2-0) evened the score at 38:41 on Tom Slusher’s goal.

Steve Solomon made six saves to pick up the victory for Lawrence, and BJ Kiser made five saves in a losing effort.

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Vikings blank Ripon 2-0

RIPON, Wis. — The Lawrence University men’s soccer team got one goal just before the half and another on a penalty kick in the second half to beat Ripon College 2-0 on Wednesday in a Midwest Conference match at Prairie Field.

The Vikings grabbed a 1-0 lead on the first collegiate goal from sophomore Kelson Warner. He picked up a ball that had rebounded away from the goal and buried it in the back of the net with 2:25 left in the first half.

Lawrence made it 2-0 at 57:57 when David Caprile scored on a penalty kick after one of the Vikings was fouled hard in the box.

Freshman goalkeeper Taiju Oki made nine saves to earn his first collegiate shutout. Ripon goalkeeper Daniel Mikesell made six saves and took the loss.

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Scots shut out Lawrence

MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Monmouth College men’s soccer team put on a scoring outburst late in the game and rolled to a 4-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.

The game was scoreless until Monmouth’s Josh Del Valle got the Scots on the board in the 67th minute. Monmouth then added three goals in a five-minute span from the 72nd to the 77th minute to seal the victory.

Monmouth enjoyed a 16-11 edge in shots.

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Dramatic finish gives Vikings 3-2 victory over St. Norbert

The Lawrence University men’s soccer team pulled out a pair of dramatic plays in the final minutes on Wednesday to post a 3-2 Midwest Conference victory over St. Norbert College at Whiting Field West.

With the game tied 2-2, Lawrence senior Vince Butitta split a pair of St. Norbert defenders and took a pass from freshman Oliver Newsom. Butitta then beat St. Norbert goalkeeper Noah Davis to give the Vikings a 3-2 lead.

Lawrence goalkeeper Taiju Oki, a freshman from Tokyo, Japan, making his first career start, was put on the spot when an inadvertent handball gave St. Norbert a penalty kick with 24.7 seconds left. Trevor Scales took the kick for the Green Knights and drove it hard to his right, but Oki made a diving save and deflected the ball away to preserve the win.

Oki finished with three saves to post his first collegiate victory.

Lawrence (3-8-0, 2-1-0 MWC) built a comfortable 2-0 lead in the first half. David Caprile put the Vikings on the board when he drilled one past Davis from about 20 yards out just 2:02 into the game.

The Vikings made it 2-0 when Butitta played a cross from Simon Newsom and scored at 37:44.

Davis then made several big saves in the second half to keep the margin at 2-0, and the Green Knights got back into the game. Tommy Purdom scored on a header at 63:23, and Paul Fischer tied it at 2-2 when he found the back of the net at 83:03. Fischer scored when a ball deflected off a Lawrence defender right to his feet in front of the net.

Davis made five saves and took the loss.

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Carroll shuts out Lawrence

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Carroll University men’s soccer team scored a pair of late goals to pull away and posted a 4-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Schneider Stadium.

Lawrence (2-8-0, 1-1-0 MWC) was limited to only five shots, and Carroll (4-5-1, 3-0-0) fired off 16 shots.

Jordan Wickman provided all the offense Carroll would need with his goal in the 21st minute for a 1-0 lead. The Pioneers also scored in the 47th minute, the 79th minute and again with 30 seconds remaining.

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Vikings top Grinnell in double-overtime

The Lawrence University men’s soccer team scored a goal in the second overtime to record a 2-1 Midwest Conference victory over Grinnell College on Saturday at Whiting Field West.

Charlie Mann not only scored his first goal of the season for the Vikings, but it came on his first shot of the season. Mann headed a shot past Grinnell goalkeeper Ben Schemper on Cameron Pieper’s corner kick at 103:20.

Lawrence had taken a 1-0 lead on Karl Mayer’s goal in the 73rd minute, but Grinnell got a goal from Joseph Brown with just 36 seconds left in regulation to tie it.

Steve Solomon made seven saves to pick up the win for the Vikings, who enjoyed a 16-8 edge in shots.

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Vikings edge Lakeland 1-0

The Lawrence University men’s soccer team scored very late in the first half and that goal was enough as the Vikings beat Lakeland College 1-0 in a nonconference game on Sunday at Whiting Field West.

The Vikings scored with just 21 seconds left in the first half when Vince Butitta found Hashim Allah-Morad open across the field. Allah-Morad collected the pass and dribbled around Lakeland goalkeeper Alex Piekarski and buried the ball in the back of the open net. It was Allah-Morad’s first goal of the season.

The Lawrence defense posted its first shutout of the season and limited Lakeland to 11 shots. Steve Solomon made five saves to record the shutout, the third of his career.

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Aurora edges Vikings with late goal

The Aurora University men’s soccer team got a late goal and hung on for a 2-1 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Whiting Field West.

Xavier Carrillo scored at the 73:25 mark off a pass from Matt Houghtaylen to give Aurora the 2-1 lead. Carrillo’s shot just got past a Lawrence defender, who was able to deflect it but not keep it out of the net.

Aurora took the early lead when Christian Foote scored at the 17:34 mark of the first half. Lawrence tied it when David Caprile scored his second goal of the season at the 53:27 mark.

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