No. 19 Marquette men’s soccer team defeated the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars in a come from behind 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Valley Fields.
“SIUE is known for being a team that never gives up and they definitely gave us a lot to handle this afternoon,” head coach Louis Bennett said. “The game definitely had a little bit of everything today.”
Sunday’s match consisted of seven total goals scored, a saved penalty-kick and two goals scored within 18 seconds of each other.
In the 25th minute, redshirt junior forward Lukas Sunesson stole the ball from a SIUE defender and sent it to past Cougars goalkeeper Lluis Martorell to give Marquette an early 1-0 lead.