Final Score: No. 9 Lipscomb: 0, Western Michigan: 1
Location: Nashville, Tenn. (Lipscomb Soccer Complex)
Records: Lipscomb: 14-3-2, Western Michigan: 16-2-2
SCORING SUMMARY
- Western Michigan scored the only goal of the match in the 71' minute on a set piece.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The teams traded punches throughout the first minutes of the match while each squad found the game.
- Western Michigan had the first shot on goal of the match in the 5' minute, but Michael Sibley made the comfortable save.
- The Bisons controlled possession for the final 15 minutes of the first half and peppered the Broncos' goal with shots, getting three shots on goal off in quick succession at the 37' mark, but all were saved to keep the match scoreless at the half.
- Hayes Wood had a really good look at goal in the 51' minute, but his shot went just wide.
- Against the run of play, Western Michigan earned a corner kick and got on the end of the service at the back post to head home what would be the only goal of the match for a 1-0 lead.
- In the final 20 minutes, Lipscomb fired four shots on goal, but all were saved by the Broncos' keeper to keep the Bisons off the board as Western Michigan walked away with the 1-0 victory.
HERD NOTES
- Lipscomb put seven shots on goal to Western Michigan's four and outshot the Broncos 14-10.
- Sibley made three saves on the afternoon.
Lipscomb Men's Soccer set a multitude of program records this season including the most wins in program history (14), being ranked in the top-25 all season (including the highest ranking of any Lipscomb team of any sport in history, No. 9), least goals allowed (14), most shutouts (9) and the first ever Lipscomb team to earn an NCAA National Seed and host an NCAA Tournament game. The team finished the season 14-3-2 overall with an 8-1 record in ASUN Conference play.