Playing a second Great Midwest Athletic Conference road game in three days, the Ashland University men's soccer team lost at Findlay, 5-0, on Thursday (Oct. 15) afternoon.
The Eagles stand at 5-8-1 overall and 4-6-1 in the Great Midwest, and the Oilers – avenging a 4-0 AU win at Ferguson Field on Oct. 3 – improve to 9-3-1, 6-3-1.
Findlay took the lead in the seventh minute on a goal by Andre Sardinha, assisted by Tom Middleham. The score remained 1-nil until the 59
th minute, when Middleham scored an unassisted goal to put the Oilers up by two goals.
In the 67
th minute, Findlay went ahead by three goals after Carson Oberski's goal was assisted by Tyler Pawlicki. UF's fourth goal came in the 80
th minute on an unassisted tally by Joshua Brennan, then the Oilers' final margin of victory was achieved in the 82
nd minute when Brennan set up Eric Millan for a goal.
The Oilers took 23 shots to the Eagles' 13, and Findlay had 12 corner kicks on Thursday to AU's five.
Ashland's men are off until a rare late-season non-conference game on Monday (Oct. 19) at 3 p.m. at D'Youville.