DECATUR, Illinois -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's soccer team cruised to a win at Millikin on Wednesday night. The Fightin' Engineers outshot the Big Blue 14-4 to improve to 4-0-2 on the season.
Rose-Hulman started out quickly in the first half of action as they took seven shots compared to just one for Millikin. The Fightin' Engineers capitalized on two of these shots as
AJ Yilmaz gave them a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute off of an assist from
Caleb Urban. Then, in the 36th minute,
Matthew Schwartz, a Fightin' Engineer freshman, slotted home a goal on his first career shot following a pass from
Jackson Seida.Â
The assist for Urban on the first Rose-Hulman goal is the 20th of his career which puts him tied for fifth all-time in Rose-Hulman history for career assists.
In the second half, Rose-Hulman continued to control the game on both ends of the field, both creating chances and keeping the Big Blue attack at bay.Â
John Biederstedt would lead the Rose-Hulman defense making a save on the lone shot on goal en route to his third clean sheet of the season.
The Fightin' Engineers will return to action on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Ohio Northern for a 4:00 start time.
Scorers:
19' -
AJ Yilmaz - 2nd of season - 11th of career
36' -
Matthew Schwartz - 1st of season - 1st of career
Assists:
19' -
Caleb Urban - 3rd of season - 20th of career
36' -
Jackson Seida - 1st of season - 1st of career