Liberty, Mo. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to three with a 1-0 win over William Jewell on Saturday afternoon at the William Jewell Soccer/Lacrosse Field in Liberty, Mo. The Tritons are 6-5-3, 5-4-3 GLVC while the Cardinals drop to 2-11-2, 1-9-2 GLVC.
UMSL outshot William Jewell 8-3 in the first 45 minutes including 4-1 in shots on goal but were unable to find the back of the net.
The only goal of the contest came in the 50th minute as
Mason Niedbalski won a ball near midfield and sent a pass downfield that
Gibson Hunt ran onto on the right edge of the 18-yard box. Hunt crossed it into the six-yard box to
Melo Mensah who buried the finish for his first goal of the season.
That was all the offensive support that
Will Winkler needed as made two saves to post his third straight clean sheet and fifth of the season.
The Tritons outshot the Cardinals 15-4 in the contest including 6-2 in shots on goal.
UMSL hosts Maryville in its final home game of the regular season on Wednesday (Oct. 21) at 7:30 p.m. at Don Dallas Field.
