The Wright State men's soccer team was held to six shots on Wednesday night as the Raiders were handed a 7-1 defeat on the road against Kentucky.
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Wright State drops to 7-6-2 overall with a 3-3-0 mark in Horizon League action, while Kentucky improves to 10-2-3 overall. The Raiders return to HL play this weekend when they host Green Bay on Saturday night. The 7 p.m. kickoff will be proceeded by Wright State's Senior Day festivities.
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Trailing by two goals early Wednesday night,
Stefan Rokvic found the back of the net in the 18th minute off an assist by
Deri Corfe to pull the Raiders within a score. That would be as close as the visitors would get, as Kentucky would go on to extend the lead with two more first half goals and a trio of scores in the second 45 minutes of action.
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BY THE NUMBERS
- The Wildcats finished with a 17-6 shot advantage, placing eight shots on goal to the Raiders' three attempts on net.
- Ids Hannema and Rokvic each had a pair of shots for Wright State, while Alec Philippe and Logan Thompson each had one shot.
- Kentucky recorded eight corner kicks and Wright State had four such opportunities.
- Two of Kentucky's scores came via penalty kick, with one in each half. Marcel Meinzer converted on the first half attempt and Eythor Bjorgolfsson capitalized on the second half PK.