IMMACULATA, Pa.- Senior Matthew Kirkpatrick scored for the second consecutive game, and senior Oliver Wilkins scored his first goal of the season as the Immaculata men's soccer team (2-2-0) defeated Notre Dame of Maryland 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Draper Walsh Stadium.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game started slowly with the teams feeling each other out.
• Cooper McKinney generated the games first shot in the games seventh minute.
• Immaculata goalkeeper John Wilhelm made the games first save in the 10th minute of play.
• Jordan Brown generated Immaculata's first shot on goal on a header off a corner kick in the game's 12th minute.
• Immaculata opened the scoring in the game's 25^th minute when Matthew Kirkpatrick scored on an assist by Alex Corsones to give the Mighty Macs a 1-0 lead.
• John Wilhelm made for saves in goals for the Mighty Macs in the first half as the they carried a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
• Immaculata doubled its lead in the games 47^th minute when Oliver Wilkins scored off an assist by Sean Franks.
• Notre Dame of Maryland refused to go quietly as they scored in the games 65^th minute when Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos scored off an assist from Tassilo Lehmkuhl.
• Despite pressure from the Gators, Immaculata was able to go on to close out the 2-1 win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Matthew Kirkpatrick has scored in the past two games of Immaculata.
• Oliver Wilkins scored his first goal of the season that was the eventual game winning goal for the Mighty Macs.
• Alex Corsones and Sean Franks had assists for Immaculata.
• John Wilhelm made eight saves on 16 shots faced.
• Reed Lindsay had four shots including one on goal.
• Collin Hassay and Jordan Brown each had shots on goal.
• The teams each had 16 shots, but the Gators had a 9-6 advantage in shots on goal.
• This was the first ever meeting of the two schools in men's soccer.

UP NEXT

• The Immaculata men's soccer team will be back on the road on Saturday, September 14^th when they travel to Baltimore to play at Goucher College at 4:00 pm.