The month of October continues to be good to Ashland University's men's soccer team.
 
Earning a fourth consecutive victory on Thursday (Oct. 14) at Ferguson Field, 3-1 against Kentucky Wesleyan, the Eagles improved to 4-4-3 overall and 4-2-2 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. All four of those wins have come in the 10^th month of the year.
 
"We didn't play particularly well today, to be honest," noted Ashland head coach Nick Roberts. "We've clawed our way back in, but there's a long way to go."
 
The Panthers are 1-8, 1-7 following their fourth loss in a row.
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Less than a minute in, the Eagles picked up where they left off last week in a 9-1 victory at KWC, scoring when senior forward Brandon Davidson potted his fifth goal of the season on a feed from senior forward Justin Libertowski, his third assist of the fall. Libertowski, the reigning Great Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, then made it 2-0 in the second minute with his seventh goal of the campaign, on the eighth assist of the fall from sophomore midfielder Rafael Pereira.
• The Panthers scored in the 11^th minute when Jake Peveler and Santiago Henrich found Julian Gonzalez to make it a 2-1 contest. The scoreboard didn't change for the remainder of the first half, as the Eagles had a 10-3 shots advantage in the first 45 minutes.
• Libertowski scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the season on a rebound of his own shot in the 53^rd minute to up the Eagle lead to 3-1.
• "Last four games, everything has started to click," said Libertowski. "I've been receiving some great service. I think that's been the biggest difference. It's all just finally coming together."
• Ashland had a final 20-8 shots advantage. Freshman goalkeeper Ty Bowden is 2-0 after recording six saves.
• "We knew he was going to be very good," Roberts said.

 
UP NEXT
Ashland will go back on the road on Saturday (Oct. 16) at 7:30 p.m. to take on Cedarville.
 
"Now, it steps up," Roberts said. "It changes. We've got to get some more wins against tougher competition."
 
Said Libertowski, "I feel very confident about it. We've been here before, we've been in worse situations. I think a lot of the kids were worried at first, but we have a lot of seniors, we've all been here before."