The Kenyon College men’s soccer squad scored early and often in a dominant performance Sept. 11, drubbing the Muskingum University Fighting Muskies 10-1.
First-year student-athlete Gerardo Martinez put Kenyon on the board 4:44 into the match with a blast into the net. The Lords scored again at the 16:11 mark, when Atli Hrafnkelsson crossed the ball to the middle of the box for Scott Upton to nudge past Fighting Muskies goalie Jacob Clevenger.
The Lords were back at it less than two minutes later, when Aidan Schoellkopf and Upton set up Hrafnkelsson for a goal of his own to go up 3-0. A minute later, a foul by Schoellkopf gave Muskingum a penalty kick, which it successfully executed, bringing the score to 3-1. That’s the way the first half ended, with Kenyon controlling the play, outshooting the Muskies 17-4.
Kenyon opened the second half with a barrage of five goals in 13 minutes. The first came after the Fighting Muskies’ Trevor Firkel earned a yellow card. Martinez stepped into the penalty spot and coolly fired the ball past Clevenger to put the Lords up 4-1.
Just four minutes later, Kenyon secured another penalty kick that resulted in a goal from Schoellkopf, and three minutes later, Martinez found Sebastian Gaese, who scored in the bottom right corner to increase the Lords’ lead to 6-1.
Luke Muther knocked in the rebound of a Clevenger save, and after a Sam Hosmer-Quint shot rocketed through the right side of the goal, the lead was 8-1.
Later in the match, a Muskingum player drew a red card, causing his team to play a man down for the remainder of the contest. The Lords capitalized on that situation in the 83rd minute, as some nice movement from Minkael Soumah set up Alhasan Barrie for a curler in the top right corner. Shortly afterward, Jacob Lazarus brought the Lords’ goal total into double digits with a clean shot into the bottom left corner.
The win was the third straight for the Lords, who improved their record to 3-1-1 on the season.
