Late Goal Secures Tie for V-Hawks

LA CROSSE, Wis. – The Viterbo University Men's Soccer team tied Trinity Christian College (Ill.) 2-2 in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) battle on Wednesday afternoon. The V-Hawks now hold a 4-1-4 (1-0-1 CCAC) record, while the Trolls sit at 4-3-3 (2-1-1 CCAC).

Trinity would start on the offensive, taking 11 of the first 12 shots of the game, with Ernesto Ascenzo recording saves on three of them. Alfie Gyurkovits had a headers hot blocked in the 33^rd minute, followed very closely by a goal from TCC's Christian Leonardo. Each team would take another shot before the break, but none would land on goal.

The teams traded shots to start the second as well, and Nicolas Lopez landed the first shot on goal for the V-Hawks in the 56^th minute, but it was saved by Giorgos Christodoulo. The teams would later trade on target attempts but after saves by both keepers, Ruiz Merino evened the score at 1-1, assisted by Gyurkovits and Johan Hanmstrom. The Trolls took the lead again at 78:13 on a score by Christian Ivan Perez, but Ascenzo scored a goal of his own with just over a minute left on a free kick from midfield.

Lopez took a total of six shots with three on goal, while Hamnstrom took four. Two Trolls also took four shots. Ascenzo (T, 3-1-4)            recorded seven saves and Christodoulou (T, 1-1-1) had four.

The V-Hawks return to action on Saturday, September 30 at Holy Cross (Ind.).