Oct. 26, 2005

Box Score

ROMEOVILLE - The Lewis University men's soccer team tuned up for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship tournament with Wednesday's 6-0 non-conference victory over Upper Iowa.

Anthony Marsico and John Solberg each had two goals and Chris Buczkowski and Artie Hook added a goal apiece for the Flyers, who improved to 11-7 with their fifth consecutive win. Lewis is ranked No. 8 in this week's NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region poll.

Marsico opened the scoring with an unassisted goal at 12:19, and Solberg (Cathal Brady assist) gave Lewis a 2-0 halftime advantage with a tally at 44:23, his first goal as a Flyer.

Marsico (Brady) netted his second goal of the day and seventh of the season at 58:41, then assisted on Buczkowski's first Lewis career goal at 69:37. Solberg's unassisted goal at 75:36 made it 5-0 before Hook (Solberg, Jorge De Jesus) registered his first career goal at 87:13 to close the scoring.

Goalkeepers Dan Breen, Anthony Szymel and Nick Veselka each made one save and combined for the Flyers' seventh shutout of the year. Lewis dominated Upper Iowa (2-15-1) in total shots (40-6), shots on goal (19-3) and corner kicks (8-0).

Lewis is the No. 5 seed in the eight-team GLVC Championship. The Flyers travel to Quincy Sunday to meet the Hawks in a tournament quarterfinal game that begins at 1 p.m. The winner plays the Southern Illinois Edwardsville-Bellarmine winner in a Nov. 4 semifinal, with the championship game slated for Nov. 6.