WATERTOWN, Wis. (WLCSports.com) - Senior
Jason Cano (Delavan, Wis.) collected his fifth career hat trick to lead Wisconsin Lutheran College to a 5-3 non-conference season finale win over Maranatha Baptist on Saturday at MBU Soccer Field.
The Warriors (10-3-5), who clinched their third 10-win season in program history and first since 2012, finished the year on a six-match unbeaten streak by defeating the Sabercats (4-10-1) for the fourth straight time in the series. It marks the third time in the last four years that WLC ended the season with a victory.
It was MBU which jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute of the match on a goal from Isaac Schmidt assisted by Grant Kirchner.Â
Cano knotted the contest at 1-1 in the 13th minute and then put Wisconsin Lutheran ahead in the 24th minute with the go-ahead score. Freshman
Victor Moreno (Racine, Wis.) netted his third goal of the season in the 33rd minute to give his team a 3-1 halftime lead.
Cano capped a string of four straight goals in the 59th minute with his 17th of the season as the lead grew to 4-1. Maranatha Baptist came within a goal after Aaron Jones and Braeden Hansel tallied goals in the 85th and 87th minutes.Â
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Joseph Raasch (Germantown, Wis.) gave the Warriors some breathing room shortly after with his seventh goal of the year assisted by Cano.
WLC owned a 23-7 advantage in the shot column over the Sabercats and an 11-0 count in corner kicks. Cano paced all players with seven shots. Four Wisconsin Lutheran keepers combined for two saves.
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