Men's Soccer Drops Its Home Opener Against Pacific Lutheran

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's soccer team fell in its home opener against Pacific Lutheran, 8-0.

Final: Pacific Lutheran 8, Fontbonne 0

Location: Centene Stadium

Records: Pacific Lutheran 2-2, Fontbonne 1-3

How It Happened

It was a scoreless game up until the 23^rd minute. On a free kick, Zachary Manao found Jackson Moore in the box and he netted his second on the year to make it a 1-0 game.

From there, the Lutes tacked on two more goals in the 27^th and 30^th minute from Zak Gregg to give them a 3-0 lead. In the second half, the Lutes offense netted five more goals en route to the eight-goal win.

Fontbonne Leaders

• The Griffins totaled six shots against Pacific Lutheran.
• Brendan Shawcross led in the shot department with two.
• Eric Volk and Ethan Cowell split time in net and combined for seven saves.

Pacific Lutheran Leaders

• The Lutes finished with 24 shots.
• Gregg paced the offense with a hat-trick on six shots.
• Jackson Moore added two goals on five shots.

Up Next

The team returns to action on Wednesday night at home when they'll take on Millikin. Kick-off at 7 p.m.

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