MORRIS, Minn. - Webster University concluded its two match road swing to open the 2018 season here Sunday afternoon by posting a 1-0 shutout win at the University of Minnesota-Morris and has opened the season 2-0 for for the first time since 1999. 

Sunday's win came nearly 48 hours after the Gorloks opened its 2018 campaign with a 1-0 win at Monmouth (Ill.) College. The 1999 squad that opened 2-0 posted a 16-2-1 record and captured the regular season St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. 

It was the 10th shutout for the Gorloks since the beginning of the 2017 season and in fact, it was Webster's third straight shutout dating to last season as they shutout Principia in the first round of last season's SLIAC Tournament, but the Panthers won the game on penalty kicks. 

In Sunday's win over Minnesota-Morris, the Gorloks only goal came in the 12th minute of the contest as junior defender Chris Clay (Quincy, Ill./Millikin) lofted a shot from the right side near midfield for his first goal of the season. 

Neither team would score the rest of the first half, but Webster did have another chance to add a goal in the 14th minute, but a shot from junior midfielder Juan Garcia (St. Charles, Mo./Duchesne) was saved by UMM goalkeeper Lucas Harmon.

For the game, Webster held possession for nearly 60 percent of the game as they outshot UMM, 13-4, including recording nine shots after halftime. In the first half, WU outshot UMM, 4-2. 

Three of those nine shots in the second half came off the foot of sophomore midfielder Hunter Olaso (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii/Kealakehe). In addition to Olaso, Clay, freshmen midfielder Justin Kohler (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) and sophomore forward Ben Aziz (Paris, France/Marquette) each had two shots in the win. 

Sophomore goalkeeper Matt Amick (St. Louis, Mo./Lindbergh) has now played 180 minutes this season and has yet to allow a goal and in fact has faced just eight shots in the net through two matches. In Sunday's match, Amick, who has now tallied five career shutouts and is 7-0-2 in his career, recorded two saves on Sunday and has had three saves on the season. 

Miles Bomsta-Karmacharya had two of his team's four shots, including both of his team's shots on goal against Amick. 

Harmon (0-2) took the loss in the net for the Cougars as he recorded three saves and allowed just Clay's goal in the 12th minute.

Through two matches this season, Webster's offense has recorded 28 shots and 17 shots on goal and has scored two goals as along with Clay, freshman forward Aamahn Murvin (Sahuarita, Ariz./Walden Grove) scored WU's only goal against Monmouth.

Webster will now return home and prepare for its 2018 home opener on Thursday, Sept. 6 at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton against Harris-Stowe State University. The match is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start.