Columbia, MO - The Hannibal-LaGrange Men's Soccer Team took on the 20
th ranked Columbia College Cougars Tuesday night in a conference matchup in Columbia, Missouri. The Cougars came out hot, scoring their first goal 11 minutes into the match. Nathan Durdle recorded a hat trick, scoring all three goals for Columbia, while
Simon Conrad scored the Trojan's lone goal. HLGU has the weekend off before they are back in action, at home, next Tuesday against University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis at 3:30 PM.
MATCH VITALS
- Score: Columbia College def. Hannibal-LaGrange 3-1
- Records: Hannibal-LaGrange (5-4-2, 1-2-1) | Columbia College (6-3-3, 3-1)
- Location: R. Marvin Owens Field | Columbia College | Columbia, MO
SCORING SUMMARY
- 11' | Nathan Durdle (CC) Assisted by Nick Brandt
- 56' | Nathan Durdle (CC) Assisted by Erik Rajoy
- 65' | Simon Conrad (HLGU)
- 83' | Nathan Durdle (CC) Assisted by Joey Spotanski
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Columbia College played extremely aggressive with 25 total shots in the match, putting 11 on goal.
- The Trojans took seven total shots with four of them being on goal.
- HLGU goalkeeper Samuel-Ben Elfner made eight saves throughout the match while Liam Gibbs made three for the Cougars.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH ERSKINE
- "We did not play well against a very good Columbia Team. We turn our focus to next week and prepare for UHSP."