LEBANON, Ill. – The Lewis men's soccer team defeated McKendree, 1-0, in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest at Leemon Stadium Friday (Sept. 16), 

TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 3-2, 1-1 GLVC | McKendree 2-2-1, 0-1 GLVC 

LEWIS LEADERS
Shots: Matthew Beaulieu (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) (2)
Goals: Arturs Gorodnickis (Riga, Latvia/Riga) (1)

HALF BREAKDOWN
FIRST HALF: Lewis 0, McKendree 0

• Sebastian Doppelhofer (Liebmannweg, Austria/Kapfenburg) did not allow a goal in the first half but there was no shot on goal attempt.  
• Zahkar Shkidchenko (Kiev, Ukraine/) looked to score early in the sixth minute but his shot went high. 
• In the ninth minute, Beaulieu went on the attack but his shot was off target. 
• Charles Carlback (Karlskrona, Sweden/FK Karlskrona) went back in the 14th minute to try to make it 1-0 but his shot went high. 
• McKendree tried to score this time in the 18th minute but their shot went wide.
• Moments later in the 27th minute, the Bearcats had another scoring chance but their shot went right. 

SECOND HALF: Lewis 1, McKendree 0

• Joram Bogers (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands/Mill-Hill College) came out of the second half in the 48th minute looking to break the scoreless tie but his shot was off target.
• A couple minutes later, Gorodnickis scored the lone goal of the match in the 50th minute which made 1-0. 
• Christop Gruber looked to tie it in the 71st minute but shot went high. 
• It was late in the match, McKendree tried to score in the last minute but their shot went high.

FINAL SCORE: Lewis 1, McKendree 0

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action on Sunday, September 18 as the Flyers travel to St. Louis, Mo. to face Maryville starting at 2:30 p.m. CT.