Upper Iowa fell to Davenport University by a 5-0 count in Sunday afternoon's match. Upper Iowa falls to 0-13-1 (0-10-1 in GLIAC play) on the year while Davenport moves to 8-6-0 (8-3-0).
Davenport got on the board early scoring within the first two minutes of the game. Daire O'Riordan scored from 21 yards out after Carson Banks found him on the left side. The goal was O'Riordan's fourth on the year.
At the 26th minute mark, Banks found another open Panther, Bradyen Texer who was able to score from the right side after receiving the cross from Banks.
Ryan Zietlow scored from 16 yards out after dribbling through a pair of Peacock defenders putting Davenport up 3-0 at the 35th minute mark.
Davenport then tacked on their final score of the half at the 45th minute mark. Caleb Hughes picked up a rebound after the shot from Evan Marquess and scored. Also assisting him on the play was Brock Schultz.
The Panthers scored their fifth and final goal at the 53th minute mark. Texer scored his second goal on the match and his third of the year. Texer scored from 14 yards out on the right side after receiving a pass from Lasse Pico Kjeldsen.
The match was scoreless for the remainder of the half. Peacocks goalkeeper Rieghly Schultz made four saves in the second half.
TURNING POINT... O'Riordan's goal at the two minute mark led Davenport to go on the scoring frenzy.
PEACOCK OF THE GAME... Nate Kopetsky had one of the three Upper Iowa shots in the match, the shot was one of the two on net.
STATS OF THE GAME...
- Upper Iowa was outshot 26 to three.
- Upper Iowa had eight saves compared to two made by Davenport.
- Davenport committed 13 fouls compared to just 11 from Upper Iowa.
- 5-0 was the final score the last time these two teams went head to head.
QUOTABLE...
"At this level, and in the GLIAC especially, teams punish you for simple mistakes and unfortunately we commit too many to get away with them. If we can clean up that side of our game we could have a few more positive performances and results.
We had a solid performance in the second half after making a number of changes to the starting line-up and we played with more energy and intensity. We also got to see different players coming off the bench who held their own and we will be looking to include them more as we finish out the season." - Head Coach, Willie McGowan
UP NEXT... The Peacocks will return home for a two-game series. Upper Iowa will first play Northwood University on Friday, Nov.1 at 2:30 p.m. on Pattison Field. If you would like to follow along via webcast or live stats, visit UIUPeacocks.com/LIVE.
