2008 Woodie Awards
Men can't ride rout, women stay undefeated
Women off to 3-0 start after overtime victory over Elmhurst, men drop to 2-3 overall
By: Erik Zorumski
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: Sports
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After starting the season 0-2, the men's soccer team got the positive momentum they needed by posting a pair of shutouts in their first homestand. The wins could have served to vault the Gorloks back in the right direction, but a tough Sept. 8 loss to Rhodes College put the team's record back at 2-3.
The Sept. 4 conference home opener against Lincoln Christian College was a repeat of Webster's domination over the Preachers last season.
The Gorloks pounded Lincoln 9-0, with junior forward Kevin Fann, senior defenseman Andy Wessel and senior forward Scott Filla each netting two goals apiece. Junior midfielders Sam Hackett and Patrick Curry and senior defenseman Kyle Milfeld each scored a goal. Fann also had a pair of assists and Hackett had three, adding to Webster's offensive dominance.
The Gorloks out-shot the Preachers 26-6 and junior netminder Nick Keim had four saves. The 9-0 blowout starts the Gorloks off with a 1-0 conference record, improving their overall record to 2-1.
Webster fought hard in the second home game against Millikin University Sept. 5, defeating the Big Blue in a 2-0 victory. Wessel connected with Filla for the first goal in the 28th minute of the game to put Webster up 1-0. The next goal came in the second half as junior forward Kyle Regan hooked up with Fann to put the Gorloks up 2-0. Millikin, however, kept the pressure on sophomore keeper Dustin Simpson with seven shots.
The non-conference win brought the team back to the .500 mark for the season, as they improved to 2-2.
The success of the first two home games was short-lived, however, as the Gorloks traveled to Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. on Sept. 8 for their third away game of the season. The team lost the match by a score of 2-4, dropping its record to 2-3.
Webster is now 0-3 on the road, and the Gorloks have three more away games before coming back to their home turf. These are must-win games against conference foes Fontbonne University, MacMurray College and Westminster College, in which losses could deal significant damage to the struggling squad.
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