North Manchester, Ind. - The Manchester University Men's Soccer team hosted Albion College Wednesday night in a non-conference match up.
The Spartans came out on top winning 2-1 and improving their win streak to three games.
Manchester 2, Albion 1
Things got started fast as in the 8th minute,
Ean Jones (Lancaster, TX, Red Oak) would receive the ball from an
Ethan Hollis (Greenfield, Ind., Greenfield Central) pass, take on a defender and rip a shot into the bottom left corner giving the Spartans an early 1-0 lead. After that, the rest of the first half was a battle between Albion and goalkeeper
Aaron Ketchmark (Kouts, Ind., Kouts).
Ketchmark finished the first half with six saves keeping the Spartans up 1-0 going into the half.
Two minutes into starting the 2nd half, the Spartans committed a foul inside their own box which led to a Albion penalty kick which was converted, making the score 1-1. The tie would not last too long, just over ten minutes later,
Andy Ignatovich (Ceresco, MIch., Lakeview) ripped a ball across the box and
Ean Jones was there to clean it up to score his 2nd of the game bringing the Spartans back on top 2-1.Â
The Spartans were able to hold off the Britons, winning the game 2-1,
Ketchmark finished with 10 saves and
Ean Jones brought in both goals on just two shots.Â
The Black & Gold (3-3-1) will travel to Adrian College in their next match up, Saturday, Sept. 21 at 4:00 PM.
