WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Grace College's men's soccer team bested the Taylor Trojans 1-0 at 1st Source Bank Field on Wednesday night.
The Lancers finished the regular season in seventh place in the Crossroads League and will play the second seeded Marian Knights at 7 P.M. on Wednesday night.
Grace earned an immediate chance less than seven minutes into the match.
Josh Cruz was fouled at the edge of the box, and
Sebastian Lozano's ensuing free kick whizzed above the crossbar.
Felix Voigt earned a chance midway into the half, but his breakaway shot was off target, and Cruz also had a breakaway shot that went wide.
Grace's breakthrough moment came with 13 minutes remaining in the half.
Sebastian Lozano switched fields with a pass to
Teague Misner, and Misner sliced his shot inside the far post.
The Lancers nearly doubled the lead late in the half but
Eric Favere's shot rattled the crossbar and ricocheted away from danger.
At the half the Lancers led 1-0. Grace held a 6-2 shot advantage at the half and both teams had one corner kick.
The second half saw the Lancers continue to enjoy possession and ten minutes into the frame, Grace found the back of the net again. Favere finished off a cross from
Sebastian Lozano. But the goal was disallowed due to offside.
10 more minutes passed before another shot from either side. It was
Felix Voigt who tried the next shot then had two more in close order. Voigt had another shot just minutes later but all four of his tries failed to find the back of the net.
Taylor was suffocated by the Lancers defense and although they trailed by just one goal were only able to direct two shots towards goal, neither of which forced a save.
The Lancers offense pressed into the waning moments to ice the game 1-0.
The Lancers dominated the shots with a 14-2 edge of the Trojans. Both teams had three corner kicks.
Voigt had five shots and
Ben Kenn picked up the shutout victory tonight.
