Raiders open Horizon play with road victory

Saturday, September 21

Milwaukee, WI

8:00 PM

Wright State University

4-2-0, 1-0-0

Milwaukee

4-3-0, 1-1-0

Wright State

Milwaukee

Photo by: Joseph Craven

9/21/2019 10:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

The Wright State men's soccer team tallied four goals to open Horizon League play with a 4-1 road victory at Milwaukee on Saturday night. The Raiders improve to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in conference with their third straight win, while Milwaukee falls to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the Horizon.

Stefan Rokvic got the scoring started for the Raiders with his 25^th minute goal, the lone score of the first half, as Jackson Dietrich and Brayden McNitt tallied assists. Wright State wasted little time adding to the lead, as Ids Hannema scored in the 59^th minute and Dietrich recorded a goal of his own in the 68^th minute. After Milwaukee got on the scoreboard via Vuk Latinovich's penalty kick goal in the 76^th minute, the Raiders responded once more as Alec Philippe put an exclamation point on the scoring with his strike in the 80^th minute off a feed from Deri Corfe.

Saturday's win marked the third straight season that Wright State has opened Horizon League play with a victory. The Raiders return home to Alumni Field for their next two matches, taking on future conference foe Purdue Fort Wayne on September 24 before a visit from Northern Kentucky on September 28.

BY THE NUMBERS

The Raiders outshot Milwaukee 18-11, including recording 10 shots in the first 45 minutes of action. Three of their eight second half attempts found the back of the net.
Corfe tallied a match-high five shots to pace the Wright State offense, while Rokvic and McNitt each had three shots. Joel Sundell finished with three saves in net for the Raiders.
Milwaukee tallied seven corner kicks to Wright State's three attempts.
The teams combined for 37 total fouls (25 by Wright State, 12 by Milwaukee) and a pair of yellow cards.