Missouri-Rolla Men's Soccer
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The UMR men's soccer team is doing its best to make things exciting. But if it enjoys this kind of excitement, it will be more than happy to play a few more like it if the results are the same.

The Miners posted their second comeback win in three days, scoring late in the first half to tie the game and getting the game-winner with 11 minutes to go to knock off Missouri Southern 4-3 for their fifth win in the last six games.

After losing a 2-0 lead and then falling behind 3-2 late in the second half, the Miners got goals from Ryan Coates and Luke Enna to pull out the win.

Coates scored late in the first half on an assist from Enna to tie the game at three, then Enna scored from Sean Ackley with 11 minutes to go for the win. Enna also got the game-winning goal in the win over Avila Thursday.

UMR took the lead on E.J. Klapperich's goal 20 minutes into play, then Klapperich scored again five minutes later to make the score 2-0.

However, the Lions (5-8) tied the score with two goals in a three-minute span. Marcio Araujo got the first goal at the 37-minute mark, then Gustavo Rumbos scored on a penalty kick three minutes later. Two minutes after the penalty kick, Jeff Hansen put the Lions ahead with a goal at the 41-minute mark. Coates tied the game two minutes later to wrap up a wild first half.

UMR outshot Missouri Southern 12-10 in the game. Goalkeeper Todd Wilfling was credited with five saves in goal for the Miners.

UMR, now 8-4-1 on the year, will host Northeastern State Wednesday at 7 p.m.

1
2
OT
OT
F
Missouri-Rolla (8-4-1)
3
1
4
Missouri Southern (5-8)
3
0
3

Scoring Summary
UMR--E.J. Klapperich (assist by Luke Enna), 20:00
UMR--E.J. Klapperich (unassisted), 25:00
MSSC--Marcio Araujo (assist by Jeff Hansen), 36:00
MSSC--Gustavo Rumbos (penalty kick), 39:00
MSSC--Jeff Hansen (assist by Gustavo Rumbos), 41:00
UMR--Ryan Coates (assist by Luke Enna), 43:00
UMR--Luke Enna (assist by Sean Ackley), 79:00

Goalie Saves: Missouri-Rolla 5 (Todd Wilfling), Missouri Southern 7 (Cesar Vasquez)

Shots: Missouri-Rolla 12, Missouri Southern 10
Corner Kicks: Missouri-Rolla 4, Missouri Southern 1
Fouls: Missouri-Rolla 18, Missouri Southern 20
Yellow Cards: Sean Ackley (UMR), Jeremy Brokate (MSSC)
Red Cards: None


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