Box Score
Box score
MILWAUKEE - Matt Birschbach (Waukesha,
Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) scored both of Wisconsin Lutheran
College's goals to send the Warriors to a 2-0 Senior Night victory
over the Concordia University Chicago Cougars on Tuesday in the
final game of the 2009 season at Warrior Field.
In what has seemed to be on-going theme throughout most of its
2009 season, WLC held its opponent scoreless after the first half
of action. The Warriors finished with six first-half shots,
compared to five shots for the visiting Cougars.
Birschbach put Wisconsin Lutheran in front 6:21 into the second
period when he tapped the ball into the net from a Cameron Teske
(Crete, Ill./Illinois Lutheran) assist. The Warriors preserved
their 1-0 lead until 86:35 when Birschbach added an insurance goal
assisted by Jake Parnau (Milwaukee, Wis./Greendale) and Matt Eisold
(Burlington, Wis./Burlington), who played the field in the second
half.
Seven different Warriors recorded at least one shot in the
contest. Birschbach tallied a team-high four of the team's 15 shots
in the game. Eisold and Alex Vogel (Jackson, Wis./Kettle Moraine
Lutheran) combined for the shared-shutout victory in the net.
Alex Lopez and Dan Messina each had two shots to lead Concordia
Chicago (4-14-1, 3-8 NAC), which finished with eight in the
match.
WLC honored its three seniors, Eisold, Vogel and Ryan Powalisz
(Milwaukee, Wis./Heritage Christian) during a halftime
ceremony.
Wisconsin Lutheran completes its 2009 season with an overall
record of 4-11-3, including a 2-7-2 mark in conference play. A
heartbreaking seven of the Warriors' 11 defeats came by just one
goal.
