The Basics
Final: Clarke 4, Evangel 1
Records: Evangel (0-12-0, 0-8-0); Clarke (5-6-1, 2-3-1)
Site: Burrows Field
Box Score
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Clarke scored a trio of unanswered second-half goals to notch a 4-1 victory over the Evangel men's soccer club in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Saturday afternoon at Burrows Field.
After EU's Junior Barboza scored the equalizing goal in the 25th minute, the Valor held the Pride scoreless until Luke Persenico scored off of a Javier Carranza feed three minutes into the second period.
Wilmer Neal scored in the 59th minute to make it a 3-1 contest, before Marco De Rosa put the game away with his goal with just over five minutes left in regulation.
Highlights
- Barboza scored his second goal of the season with 20:04 left in the first
- Jake Parsenico put Clarke on top in the 24th minute, with Luke Persenico assisting on the play
- EU limited the Pride to just seven shots on goal, while the Valor totaled six in the match
- Fernando Contreras stopped five of the six EU shots he faced
- Noe Winston led the Valor with four shots (two shots on goal)
- Anthony Morales recorded four saves in goal for the Valor
Up Next
Evangel returns to Coryell Field next Saturday (Oct. 16) to host Benedictine in a 7:30 p.m. Heart Conference matchup.
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