The No. 4 Lewis University men's soccer team fell to Purdue Northwest 1-0 Thursday (Sept. 5) in its season opener at Lewis Stadium.
 
TEAM RECORDS
PNW 1-0| No. 4 Lewis 0-1

LEWIS LEADERS
Shots: Sam Abreu (Middleton, Wis./) (2), Lance Somerfield (Orland Park, Ill./Eastern Illinois) (2)
Shots on Goal: Abreu (1), Somerfield (1), Nicholas Rogalski (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) (1), Stefan Ziermann (Vienna, Austria/University of Economics) (1), Justin Darlage (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way West) (1)
Saves: Sebastian Doppelhofer (Liebmannweg, Austria/Kapfenberg) (5)

HALF BREAKDOWN
First Half: Purdue Northwest 1, No. 4 Lewis 0
Ziermann recorded the first shot in goal in the contest in the sixth minute of the game. Purdue Northwest came back with the next three shots on goal with the third finding the back of the net at the 26:34 mark to make it 1-0 Pride.
 
The Flyers came back on the attack in the 36^th minutes as they got a pair of corner kicks and a shot on goal by Rogalski. That would be the last shot registered by either team in the first half.
 
Second Half: No. 4 Lewis 0, Purdue Northwest 0
The Pride came right out on the attack to open the second half, registering a shot that was turned away by Doppelhofer in the first minute, leading to a corner kick.
 
Lewis recorded its first shot on goal in the 58^th minute by Somerfield, but it too was turned away. The Flyers turned up the pressure in the final 10 minutes of the game with three corner kicks and three shots, but could not find the equalizer.
 
Final score: Purdue Northwest 1, Lewis 0
 
UP NEXT
Lewis travels to Wisconsin Sunday (Sept. 8) to face Wisconsin Parkside in Kenosha at 2:30 p.m.