Box Score NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Manchester men's soccer team took home a big 5-0 victory against the Mt. St. Joseph Lions while honoring their five seniors on Senior Day. The five seniors honored on Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium were Kody Graham, Nick Surber, Josh Gonzalez, Zarean Abdullah, and Nathan Hunley.
The Spartans started the game with a goal and an assist from two seniors in the third minute of the game. Josh Gonzalez (Portage, Ind./Portage) found Zarean Abdullah (Erbil, Iraq/International School of Choueifat) on a cross in which Abdullah finished into the net. Nearing the end of the half, freshman Harley Kruschwitz (North Manchester, Ind./Manchester) scored as well, giving the Spartans a 2-0 lead at halftime.
The score remained 2-0 until the 80th minute, when Kruschwitz found the back of the net yet again, giving him two goals on the game and four goals on the season. Two minutes later Josh Gonzalez found the back of the net, with junior Drew Gavit (Fishers, Ind./Fishers) picking up the assist. In the last two minutes of the game, freshman Cory Mitchell (Maitland, Fla./Winter Park) hit a clean shot to the upper left corner of the goal, giving Manchester their largest lead of the match at 5-0.
The Spartans (4-3 HCAC) are back in action on Wednesday, March 31 at Bluffton University. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. A win on Wednesday would guarantee the Spartans a top 4 placement in the HCAC standings.
