Men's Soccer

Men’s Soccer Continues Streak
         Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men’s soccer moved its streak of Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season wins to 13 by defeating Kentucky Wesleyan 3-0 and Southern Indiana 4-0 over the weekend. The Cougars improved their record to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the GLVC with the wins.
         SIUE has seven players with at least two goals this season. Coach Ed Huneke believes that that has played an important role in his team’s success.
         “If you rely on one or two players other teams have enough guys to neutralize those players, said Huneke. “We have a wide spread arsenal of attack that is too much for a lot of teams to contain.”
         The Cougars got big contributions over the weekend from several players, including junior Kevin Thibodeau (St. Charles), who scored a goal against Southern Indiana. “He contributed a lot,” said Huneke. “He is picking it up a notch.”
         Freshman forward Adam Lanter (Edwardsville) scored two goals against Kentucky Wesleyan raised his total to a team-high five. “We like him leading the team in goals,” said Huneke. “We didn’t anticipate that before the season.” “It’s been a nice surprise.”
         Junior captain Brian Higgins (St. Louis) had a goal in each of the games. Forward Tim Collico (St. Louis) continued his solid play with a goal and two assists, and Pete Cacciatore (St. Louis) added two assists in the Cougar wins.
         SIUE returns home for two contests this weekend at Ralph Korte Stadium as the Cougars battle Indianapolis on Friday at 5 p.m. They will follow that up with a match against Northern Kentucky on Sunday at noon.
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