DECORAH, IOWA – The Luther men's soccer team were back to their high scoring ways as they claimed a 5-0 victory of Coe College. Four different Norse players netted a goal including
Luis Figueroa (San Juan, Puerto Rico/High Mowing School),
Ben Bolte (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola),
Luiz Oliveira (Salvador, Brazil/Monteverde Academy (FL),
Marcos Vila (Madrid, Spain/I.E.S San Fernando) (2).
NUMBER 2 SEED
The wind died down the but chill in the night air was still there as the men's soccer team took to the field for the regular season finale. For the scoring it took a while for the Norse to get on the board but in the 23
rd minute that changed.
Will Overberg (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial) sent it towards
Luis Figueroa (San Juan, Puerto Rico/High Mowing School) in the box to give the Norse the one goal lead and the game winner. And not long after that it was
Ben Bolte (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola) was there to clean up a poor clearance by the Kohawks for the game's second goal in the 37
th minute. Then a minute later
Joao Curvo (Cuiaba, Brazil/Monteverde Academy (FL) deflected it off his foot as Luiz Oliviera (Salvador, Brazil/Montverde Academy (FL) did a thrilling half bicycle kick for a goal in the 38
th minute. The Norse took a 3-0 lead headed into the break.
In the second half
Marcos Vila netted two goals in a span of 53 seconds with one unassisted and one assisted by
Will Overberg (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial). Junior goalkeeper
Kai Haroldson (Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka) had two fantastic saves in the second half to keep the Kohawks off the score sheet. With the results around the league tonight the Norse finish the regular season as the number 2 seed for the upcoming conference tournament. Luther stands at 10-3-5 overall and 4-0-4 in conference play.
TOP NORSE
- Fifth Year Marcos Vila (Madrid, Spain/I.E.S San Fernando) moves into second all-time in career goals with 50. He has now scored 14 goals this season.
- Sophomore Luis Figueroa (San Juan, Puerto Rico/High Mowing School) scored his second goal in back-to-back games.
- Senior Will Overberg (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial) had two assists.
- Junior Ben Bolte (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola) scored his first goal since scoring against UW-Platteville on October 11th.
- Senior Luiz Oliveira (Salvador, Brazil/Monteverde Academy (FL) scored his first goal since scoring against Loras on October 5th.
UP NEXT
It's the A-R-C Conference Tournament as the number 2 seed the Norse await the winner of the #6 seed Dubuque/#3 seed Simpson. That game will be played in Decorah at the Luther Soccer Field on Wednesday November 2
nd. A time for the game has yet to be announced.
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