BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Eleven Illinois Wesleyan men's soccer seniors took the field at home for the final time in their career, falling to Elmhurst 2-0 at Neis Field on Saturday, Oct. 24.
IWU fell to 5-9-2 overall and 1-5 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while the visiting Bluejays are now 7-8-1 and 3-2 in the CCIW.
Despite holding a 15-12 advantage in shots and 6-5 advantage in shots on goal, IWU found itself in an early hole following a penalty kick goal by the Bluejays just 12 minutes (11:12) into the game. Elmhurst would add their second goal of the game nine minutes later (20:44) to go up 2-0, which is all that the Bluejays would need en route to posting a shutout of the Titans.
Mitch Billimack led IWU with three shots and seniors
Erick Eklin and
Craig Kym both saw time in net for the Titans.
NOTES: The 2015 seniors honored were:
Craig Kym,
Erick Eklin,
Carlo Fava,
Blake Beehler,
Jimmy Connolly,
Oscar Chavarria,
Patrick Webb,
Drake Leary,
Eric Gilbert,
Mitch Billimack, and
Ross Knezovich.
What's Next?IWU will play its final game of the 2015 campaign on the road at North Central College on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 3:30 p.m. The Cardinals are 4-11 overall and 3-1 in the CCIW with two conference games to play before hosting IWU.
