Box Score Upper Iowa fell to Davenport University by a 5-0 count in Friday's match. The Peacocks fall to 0-8-0 (0-4-0 GLIAC) while the Panthers improve to 4-3-1 (4-0-0 GLIAC) and are now in sole possession of first place in the conference.
Davenport got out to an early 1-0 just two minutes into the first half of play. Sophomore midfielder Tyler Welch found the right side of the net within the box after receiving a pass over the middle from freshman midfielder Eoin Broughan. Also assisting him on the play was junior defender Jake Van Schie.
The score stayed stagnant for the next seventeen minutes until Davenport got on the board again to go up 2-0. Scoring on the play was freshman defender Cian Quinn. Quinn made an incredible half, bicycle-kick goal, assisting him on the play from the corner was junior midfielder Daire O'Riordan.
The Panthers tacked on another goal at the 38th minute when sophomore forward Matt Whelan found the left side of the net after stealing the ball from a Peacock defender to go up 3-0 in the match.
The Peacocks were overpowered by the Panthers offensive attack in the first half as they were out shot 13 to 3. The Peacocks had a few scoring opportunities of their own created by freshman forward Stan Cargill and senior midfielder Marko Cirko. Unfortunately, all 3 of their attempts were unable to find the net.
Davenport opened up the second half with a goal off the foot of Whalen at the 51st minute mark for his second goal of the match and his fifth of the season. Assisting him on the play was Junior midfielder Ryan Zietlow putting the Panthers up 4-0.
Davenport tacked on another score in the 72nd minute when senior forward Miguel Flores made an impressive bicycle kick assisting him on the play was Broughan, making it his second assist of the match and his third on the season.
TURNING POINT... Welch's goal just two minutes into the match set the tone for the one-sided high scoring match.
PEACOCK OF THE GAME... Cargill got off two of the five shots (one of which was on goal) for the Peacocks. Cargill has shown leadership as a freshman so far this season.
QUOTABLE...
- "We've went up against a good team, solid all the way through. They have really players at each position and we unfortunately couldn't get close to them today."
- "We're all disappointed, we want to work and get back to where we were at, at the start of the year when everything was positive. We've had some really good performances that we've already forgotten about. We need to visit that and focus on the positives rather than the negatives."
- "The GLIAC has some really talented teams and we've unfortunately been on the losing end of each contest. The good thing is we play them again, we're hoping the results will be a lot different than we have seen thus far."
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Willie McGowan, Head Soccer Coach
STAT OF THE GAME...
- Upper Iowa was outshot 28 to 5 in the match.
UP NEXT... The Peacocks will play Ashland University on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2:30 p.m. Visit UIUPeacocks.com/Live to follow along via live stats and a webcast.
