DePaul University
Marquette
DePaul Overpowers Marquette in Season Finale 3-1
11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S SOCCER
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CHICAGO - The DePaul men's soccer team finished the 2017 season on a high note on Wednesday afternoon as the Blue Demons overpowered BIG EAST foe and state-line rival Marquette in a 3-1 victory.
Marquette (3-11-2, 3-5-1 BIG EAST) took an early 1-0 in the eighth minute off the boot of Grant Owens, but DePaul responded with three unanswered goals to pull out the win. The Blue Demons played the final 23 minutes of the contest a man-down as sophomore Sasa Labovic received two yellow cards in the match and was disqualified from play.
DePaul respond with the equalizer in 10th minute as freshman Istvan Wilhelms netted his fourth goal of the season off a cross from senior Philipp Konigstein.
Knotted at 1-1 at the break, the Blue Demons took a 2-1 lead four minutes into the second half when Bryon Simons connected for his first career goal as a Blue Demon. Sophomore Zach El-Shafei fired a shot just outside the box that was blocked by the Golden Eagle keeper but landed at the feet of Simons who tapped in the bouncer from just inside the 18.
Continuing to play a man down, DePaul's defense created another scoring opportunity off a counter-attack clearance by Michael Mojarro. With a long ball from the far side of the pitch, Mojarro connected with El-Shafei down the near side of the field. El-Shafei sprinted past the final Golden Eagle defender and netted the one-v-one chance past Marquette's diving goalkeeper. The strike secured DePaul's fifth win of the season in front of its home crowd to close out 2017. The Blue Demons end the 2017 season with a 5-11-2 record, going 2-6-1 in BIG EAST play.
Match Notes
*Istvan Wilhelms recorded 12 points in 2017, scoring four goals while tallying four assists.
*Goalkeeper Quentin Low finished the season with a career, single-season best 72 saves.
*Philipp Konigstein was DePaul's leading scorer in 2017, recording six goals and 15 points.
*Marquette leads the all-time series against DePaul 25-6-1.
