FENTON, Mo. - Webster University continued its hot offensive play here Saturday on a rainy, cool fall afternoon as the Gorloks scored four goals en route to posting a 4-0 shutout victory over MacMurray College on Senior Day in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action at Worldwide Technology Soccer Park.
Prior to Saturday's match, the Gorloks honored its four member senior class in a prematch ceremony and this year's seniors are midfielder
Juan Garcia (St. Charles, Mo./Duchesne), midfielder
Edin Mehmedovic (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville), defender
Justin Schmidt (St. Louis, Mo./Metro) and goalkeeper
Eli Smith (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips).Â
With the victory, Webster keeps its postseason hopes alive and extends its win streak to three consecutive wins to improve its record to 10-5-1 overall and 4-3 in the SLIAC, while MacMurray fell to 5-10-0 overall and 3-4 in the league.
In the win, Webster's offense outshoot the Highlanders, 17-3, including outshooting MacMurray, 9-0 in the first half. Along with holding a 17-3 edge in shots, the Gorloks also had an 11-1 advantage in shots on goal.Â
The Gorloks have now scored 16 goals during its current three match winning streak and have held its three opponents without a goal and held a 72-13 edge in shots against those three foes.Â
Mehmedovic got the scoring started in the 23rd minute as connected on a shot from a rebound off the crossbar for his first goal of the season. Mehmedovic's goal came off an assist from freshman defender
Tavis Cameron (St. Louis, Mo./Parkway South).Â
About four minutes later, Mehmedovic scored his second goal of the match on a shot from 12 yards out off an assist from sophomore defender
Tanner Haugen (Jefferson City, Mo./Jefferson City) to give the Gorloks a 2-0 lead. Haugen put the ball into Mehmedovic from near midfield.
Junior forward
Ben Aziz (Paris, France/Marquette) gave the Gorloks a 3-0 lead in the 62nd minute as he took a pass from sophomore midfielder
Justin Kohler (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) and found the goal from 12 yards out. The goal by Aziz was his fourth of the season, which is now tied for second most on the team.Â
Kohler, who scored two goals in Wednesday's 10-0 win at Blackburn, would get into the scoring column in the final 29 seconds of the match as he took a pass from freshman forward
Colby Kapp (Quincy, Ill./Quincy Notre Dame) right in front of a goal and put in a shot from two yards out to give WU a 4-0 lead. Kohler's goal was his fourth of the season, which puts him tied with Aziz for second in goals scored on the team.
Mehmedovic paced Webster with three shots and two shots on goal, while Kohler, freshman forward
Jarret Gabriele (Rolla, Mo./Rolla), junior forward
Matt Ceriotti (St. Louis, Mo./SLUH) and junior midfielder
Joacquin Soto (Flagstaff, Ariz./Flagstaff) each took two shots in the win. For the match, 11 different Gorloks took at least one shot.Â
Gustavo Gutierrez took two of MacMurray's three shots and had the Highlanders only shot on goal, which came in the 55th minute. Josiah Spivey took MacMurray's other shot.Â
Smith (1-0-0) earned the win in net for the Gorloks as he played the first 42-plus minutes and did not face a shot. Sophomore
Matt Coffey (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) played the rest of the match in goal and recorded just one save. The shutout was the seventh of the season for the Gorloks and the second combined shutout for both Coffey and Smith.
Brantley Estes (5-10-0) took the loss in goal for the Highlanders as he allowed four goals and made five saves. The Highlanders also had two team saves in the match.Â
Webster also had a 5-1 edge in corner kicks and the Gorloks were whistled for 16 fouls to 11 for MacMurray. The Highlanders, though, picked up three yellow cards on the day.
The Gorloks will look to make its four straight wins this coming Tuesday, Oct. 29 as they travel to Elsah, Ill., for an 8 p.m. match at Principia College (9-5 overall, 6-1 SLIAC).