Results: Oct. 22 vs. Missouri State University (2-0 W)
What went down: In a battle of the two best teams in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), the No. 1 ranked Loyola men’s soccer team defeated the No. 2 Missouri State, moving its record to 12-1-1 (5-0-1 MVC).
Early in the first half, Loyola redshirt senior goalkeeper Andrew Chekadanov made a save to keep the game scoreless before Bears goalkeeper Liam Priestley made a stop on the other end on Kevin Engesser’s first attempt in the game. But minutes later, Engesser struck again and scored his first goal of the season from 15 yards out via a pass from sophomore forward Alec Lasinski in the 13th minute.