The Online Reflector

The University of Indianapolis men’s soccer team shutout No. 24 Quincy University on Sept. 25. The Greyhounds’ fifth consecutive win was Quincy’s first conference loss of the season.

Sophomore midfielder/forward Casey Castle scored the first goal just after the 10-minute mark. This put the Greyhounds up 1-0.

Senior back Taku Chapman scored after taking the ball from sophomore midfielder Kevin Eggert.

The Greyhounds finished the game 2-0.

Senior goalkeeper Justin Roberts  made four saves during the game and earned his fourth shutout victory of the season.

During a game on Sept. 23, the Greyhounds managed a 3-1 victory over the University of Illinois-Springfield.

In the 28th minute of the game, freshman midfielder/forward Wes Oliver swept the ball down field on a breakaway  and scored, putting the Greyhounds up 1-0.

UIndy scored again in the 48th minute as senior midfielder Tom McGuire scored his first goal of the season off an assist from junior forward Bobby Adkins.

UIS tallied its only goal of the game in the the 76th minute.

A dual effort from Roberts and freshman goalkeeper Andrew Verhonik gave UIndy the victory.

After the game at St. Louis on Sept. 18 was postponed to Sept. 20, the Greyhounds defeated the University of Missouri-St. Louis 3-2 in double overtime.

The Tritons scored in the first minute of the game, but the Greyhounds responded with their own goal in the 14th minute.

In the 17th minute of the game, senior midfielder Micah Uemura scored his second goal of the season off an assist from Adkins, putting the Greyhounds up 2-1.

A header goal by the Tritons forced the game into overtime.

In the second 10-minute overtime, junior back Corey Nelson scored his first goal of the season to give the Greyhounds the 3-2 win.

UIndy outshot the Tritons 22-13. Thirteen of the Greyhounds shots were on goal and the team also led the host in corner kicks, 8-5.

The Greyhounds earned a win on Friday, Sept. 16 over Maryville University.

Three of UIndy’s 18 shots found the back of the net as the Greyhounds took the 3-0 win.

Adkins earned his first goal of the season in the 10th minute of the game with an assist from junior defender Ryan Barnett.

The Greyhounds held onto their 1-0 lead as the teams headed to the locker room at the half.

Junior forward Roger Lee also scored his first goal of the season in the 52nd minute, while Adkins and Barnett teamed up again to score the third and final goal of the game.

Roberts added to the win by picking up his third shutout of the year.

On Sept. 11, the Greyhounds defeated Wisconsin-Parkside with a final score of 1-0.

In his second year as head coach, John Higgins was happy with the win.

According to Higgins, beating Wisconsin Parkside proved to be a huge win.

“We expected to win,” Higgins said. “We’ve not beaten them in nine years. We’ve never been close to beating them.”

The first half saw a handful of saves that left both teams scoreless heading to the locker room at the half.

After the break, the Greyhounds came back onto the field and focused on scoring a goal.

Just minutes into the second half,  Oliver scored after heading a ball home off of Adkins’ free kick.

“We played well,” Adkins said. “We did the right things to put something in the net.”

Once the Greyhounds scored, the team controlled the rest of the half. Roberts contributed to the shutout by making five saves on the day.

During the game against Lewis on Sept. 9, two Greyhounds sat the bench.

Lee and junior midfielder Rieko Trott, both natives of Bermunda, were out of the country playing for the Bermuda National  Team during UIndy’s first two games of the season.

“They [Lee and Trott] came back right before the Lewis game, so we never started them because they hadn’t trained yet,” Higgins said.

Although the Greyhounds managed to score early with a goal from senior Ryan Schmidt, the Flyers would take the victory in the 53rd minute, making the final score 2-1.

The soccer team will travel to the University of Southern Indiana on Sept. 30.