GPAC Tournament Quarter Finals
Thursday
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (uj.edu) — Two first-half goals by Morningside (Iowa) College were too much for the University of Jamestown men’s soccer team to overcome as the Jimmies lost 2-0 Thursday evening in the quarterfinals of the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament.
Jamestown’s season ends with an overall record of 7-8-2. Morningside, now 12-5-1 overall, advance to the semifinals and will face Briar Cliff (Iowa) on Tuesday, November 6.
Austin Lingle’s free kick in the 15th minute put the Mustangs ahead 1-0. Moritz Lusch made it 2-0 in the 26th minute on a nifty give-and-go play with Murat Turin.
Down two goals with just under twenty minutes in the half, the Jimmies turned up the offensive pressure. UJ had five shots in the next six minutes, but only one on goal. Two shots went wide while the other two were blocked by Morningside defenders.
In the 56th minute, Ruben Zepeda (SO/Puebla, Mexico) had a chance to go for goal, but his shot was saved by Tim Erdmann. Alex Castillo (SO/Mesa, Ariz.) had a chance to get UJ on the board in the 87th, but his header hit the post. Over the final three-and-a-half minutes, the Jimmies tallied four more shots but could not find a goal.
Shots ended 23-20 in favor of Jamestown while shots on goal were 9-8, Morningside.
Jake Askew (JR/Rotherham, England) had five saves for the Jimmies.
