MONMOUTH, Ill. – The Luther men's soccer team wrapped up the regular season with a 4-0 shutout of Monmouth College. The Norse outshot the Scots 35-6 of which 18 were on target.
Vinny D'Amico recorded his first multi-goal game of his career and led the team with two goals. Luther is 10-2-4 overall and finishes the conference season with a 8-0-1 record.
Ignacio Duenas scored the game winning goal in the 15
th minute falling to his feet he was able to put it into the back of the net. Later in the 33
rd minute, the lead was doubled as
Mattia Silvestri scored his first career goal. The final goal of the half for the Norse, came in the 40
th minute when
Ethan Le Moine passed it to D'Amico who fired it to the far post. Luther took a 3-0 lead going into halftime.
Will Lookingbill made two saves in the half.
Late in the second half, in the 88
th minute, D'Amico scored his second of the game firing the shot near the top of the box to secure a 4-0 win for Luther.
Luther earned the no. 1 seed for the Midwest Conference (MWC) Tournament and host the semifinals and championship in Decorah, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 7 and Sunday, Nov. 8. The Norse will face the winner of the no. 4 seed Lake Forest College or the no. 5 seed Lawrence University at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.
For more about the MWC tournament click
here. More details will be release on
luthernorse.com on Monday, Nov. 2.
