Men’s Soccer deadlocked in defensive battle at South Field

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Tommie Men's Soccer (3-1-3) remained unbeaten at South Field with a scoreless draw at the end of 90 minutes against the Milwaukee Panthers (1-2-4) on an unseasonably hot day in Minnesota. Moritz Krenc recorded his fourth shutout of the season, needing just two saves to do so.

Game Summary
First Half
-Liam Ireland had the best opportunity of the first half saved by the Panther goalkeeper in the fifth minute.
-Miles Akhigbe received the game's first yellow card in the sixth minute.
-Milwaukee's Pavle Ivkovic earned a booking in the 21^st minute.
-St. Thomas leading scorer, Mathis Guffroy went down with an apparent injury and did not return for the remainder of the game after exiting in the 30^th.
-Moritz Krenc made his only save of the opening frame with less than eight minutes before the intermission.

Second Half
-Ben Grimm, of Milwaukee, earned a yellow card on a hard foul in the 46^th minute.
-Liam Ireland put another shot on net, saved once more by the keeper two minutes after the Grimm yellow.
-Krenc made his final save of the game in the 74^th.
-Paul Denz (86') and Yanis Lakhlifi (89') each received yellow cards.

Quick Hits
-Simon Klevberg, Merrick Schaefer, and Gabriel Verona each played all 90 minutes in the field.
-Milwaukee outshot St. Thomas 9-8 (2-2 on goal).
-Moritz Krenc made two saves in his fourth shutout of the season, and second in a row.

Tommie Tidbits
-The Tommies remain unbeaten against Milwaukee with a 2-0-2 record, they have played each other in every season but for 2022. They are 1-0-1 at South Field against the Panthers.
-Moritz Krenc's shutout was the fourth of 2025, fifth of his career, and 12^th in program history.
-This is the second consecutive season that the Tommies have started on a three-game unbeaten streak at South Field.

Quoting Coach Lowery
"It was a good challenge today with Milwaukee, we have had some great battles with them over the years. The heat presented an element that was hard on both teams so I think the game was slower than both of us would prefer it. At the end we did well defensively, which is what we must do day in and day out. To keep a shutout was huge and I thought the backline with Gabriel (Verona) and Simon (Klevberg) leading it was very sharp. In the attack, we were just not executing at a level that is going to earn us much out there. We will get back to work and keep preparing for the Summit League. We look forward to hosting St. Cloud State for alumni day on Saturday."

Up Next
The Toms welcome in the the St. Cloud State Huskies (1-1-1) on Saturday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m. in search of their fourth win of the season.

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Men’s Soccer deadlocked in defensive battle at South Field

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Team Stats

Liam Ireland

Mathis Guffroy

Gunnar Busch

Yanis Lakhlifi

Players Mentioned

Miles Akhigbe

Mathis Guffroy

Liam Ireland

Simon Klevberg

Moritz Krenc

Yanis Lakhlifi

Merrick Schaefer

Gabriel Verona

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