Box Score
OCTOBER 11, 2017

MONARCH MEN'S SOCCER POST FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT

EDWARDSVILLE, PA --- August Axtman scored the lone goal of the game in the 79th minute to give the King's College men's soccer a team a 1-0 victory over Wilkes University on a rainy Wednesday night at Schmidt Stadium in Edwardsville.

The Monarchs stay atop the MAC Freedom Conference standings with a 3-0 mark while improving their overall record 9-3-1. The Colonels fall to 6-7 overall and 1-2 in league play.

King's was able to tally the game-winning goal with 11:13 left in the game when Axtman was able to get in front of the Wilkes keeper on a corner kick from Kevin Mazol and knocked the ball off his chest inside the right post.

The Monarchs held the early advantage in the game earning three corner kicks in the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately they were not able to record a shot on the first two corners and Tim Gallagher made a save on a shot from Brendan Raab on the third. The Colonels took the ball downfield and were able to record their first shot of the game but Owen Geedey was there to keep the header out of the net. In the 16th minute Mazol took a shot off a free kick but Gallagher was able to come up with the save once again. Late in the 21st minute the Monarchs were able to earn a corner that Mazol sent into the box towards Liam McLoughlin but his shot was blocked by the Colonel defense. King's took two more kicks in the next 10 minutes but were not able to get a shot off. Wilkes had a short burst in the last five minutes of the half with three shots and a corner kick but the Monarch defense was able to get the game scoreless going into halftime.

In the second half the Colonels looked to get on the board early in the 54th minute when a shot from Cole Hefner got over the head of Geedey but the ball went off the crossbar and back into the field of play where the King's defense knocked it away. The Monarchs responded with a header from Zach Wolcott in the 57th minute and a shot from McLoughlin in the 64th minute but neither shot was able to find the back of the net. The Colonels responded with another short burst in the 76th minute with two corner kicks and three shots but King's was able to keep each attempt away from the goal. The Monarchs responded by taking the ball down the field where Raab took a shot that Gallagher was able to knock out of bounds setting up the corner kick that would result in the game's lone goal.

The Colonels gave one last burst at the Monarchs with back-to-back corner kicks followed by a shot high and a header that Geedey was able to save in the 85th minute. Wilkes had one final chance at the end of the game when they received a free kick from in front of their bench with just seconds remaining but the King's defense came up big one final time blocking a last second attempt at goal by Camry Huff.

The Monarchs posted their fifth consecutive shutout and sixth of the season as Owen Geedey made five saves. King's held a slim 15-13 advantage in total shots, a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal, and a 11-5 advantage in corner kicks.

King's will be back in action on Saturday night when they travel down to Doylestown to face Delaware Valley University at 7:00 p.m.