KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - The Lewis University men's soccer team battled to a 1-1 draw at Truman State Friday.
 
TEAM RECORDS
Lewis 7-2-4 (7-1-2 GLVC) | Truman State 6-3-3 (5-2-3 GLVC)
 
LEWIS LEADERS
Goals: Marco Holzer (Kapfenberg, Austria/BORG Kapfenberg) (1)
Assists: Arturs Gorodnickis (Riga, Latvia/Riga) (1), Mikey Revell (Largo, Maryland/Bishop McNamara) (1)
Shots: Joram Bogers (Tilburg, Netherlands/Mill-Hill College) (5), Revell (2), Godwin Asore (Kumasi, Ghana/Putnam Science Academy) (2)
Shots on goal: Bogers (3)
Saves: Sebastian Doppelhofer (Liebmannweg, Austria/Kapfenberg) (6)
 
HALF BREAKDOWN
FIRST HALF: Lewis 1, Truman State 1
Truman State came out of the gate fast, recording the first shot of the game in the third minute, but it went wide. The Bulldogs then had the first shot on goal in the eighth minute, but Doppelhofer made the save.
 
Shortly after, Truman State scored the first goal of the game at the 8:48 mark.
 
Just over seven minutes later, at the 15:59 mark, Lewis responded with a goal by Holzer. Holzer got the ball behind the defense with a great feed from Gorodnickis, and sent a kick over the Bulldogs' goalkeeper and into the back of the net. Revell earned the secondary assist on the Flyers' goal.
 
The Flyers nearly took the lead in the 18th minute, but Bogers' shot hit the crossbar. Both teams recorded three shots in the next 10 minutes, but only one was on net with Doppelhofer making the save.
 
Doppelhofer made two more saves before the end of the first half, with Lewis also recording one more shot on goal, but nothing got by either netminder the rest of the way.
 
SECOND HALF: Lewis 0, Truman State 0
The Flyers pressured the Bulldogs early in the second half, with a shot on goal in the 50th minute, but the save was made. Bogers had another shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but once again couldn't beat the Truman State keeper.
 
Neither side took another shot on goal until there was under 20 minutes to play, when both goalkeepers again stepped up to make key saves to keep the match tied. The Bulldogs had one more chance with just under five minutes to play, but Doppelhofer made his sixth save of the match to preserve the 1-1 score.
 
FINAL SCORE: Lewis 1, Truman State 1
 
UP NEXT
Lewis men's soccer heads to Upper Iowa for its first matchup with the Peacocks as conference foes on Sunday (Oct. 22) at 2:30 p.m. CT.