Madison College Wolfpack

MADISON, WISC. - The Madison College men's soccer team continued in the postseason right where it left off in the regular season, with a shutout victory. The top-seeded WolfPack defeated #8-seeded Oakton College 6-0 in Saturday's Region 4 Tournament Quarterfinal at Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Pitch - East. Freshman Jonah Lander led five different goal scorers with a pair of late scoring strikes, while the goaltending duo of Thomas Randall and Caylen Coventry recorded the team's seventh straight - and 13th overall - clean sheet. The victory extends the Pack's win streak in region play to 29 in a row.

Madison College was able to get out in front in the 18' as Dylan Sutton finished off a sequence of headers. Freshman midfielder Isaac Diaz attacked from the left side before crossing a pass to the right edge of the goalie box, where fellow first year Owen Counsell headed it back towards the net. Sutton, a freshman forward, then out-battled an Oakton College (6-6-3) player to put one final head on it for the goal. The goal was Sutton's ninth of the season, and fifth in the last seven matches, while Counsell was credited for his second assist.

The WolfPack added one more goal before halftime when freshman defender Ben Young scored his third career goal and second in as many matches. On the attack in the 32', Young executed a perfect give-and-go with Mass Ndure before making several impressive moves through traffic to get a shot off. The Essex, England, native, beat the Owls' goalkeeper with a low kick towards the right post for a 2-0 lead. For Ndure, it was his second assist.

In the second half, Madison College exploded for four more goals to cruise to the win. The team-leader in goals scored, Josh Kiltz, tallied his 14th goal this season and 12th in the last eight matches in the 58'. The midfielder/forward from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, came up with a steal at midfield and unleashed a low scoring strike inside the left post. 

Seven minutes later the lead grew to 4-0 as Counsell got his goal off a rare assist by the goalkeeper. Randall sent a long pass that was collected by Counsell just above the penalty arc, and after a couple of touches off his body and knee, the Brookfield, Wisconsin, product, kicked it in with his left foot. Counsell's fourth goal is his first since September 26.

The remaining two goals came off the foot of Lander as the forward from Verona, Wisconsin, score in the 75' and 77' for his first collegiate goals. The first goal was the result of I. Diaz being denied on an initial shot on goal, but getting the rebound and sending it back into the heart of the penalty area, where Lander smashed it home. The second goal came as freshman Cris Quezada pushed the ball up the middle of the pitch and drew several defenders, and then split two Owls with a perfect pass to a wide open Lander for the goal.

Madison College racked up a 15-2 differential in total shots and a 12-1 lead in shots on goal. Counsell was tops with four shots and three on goal. 

Randall and Coventry split the 90 minutes in goal as they finished off their fourth consecutive Region 4 Tournament shutout. It also extends the WolfPack's current scoreless minutes streak to 644.

Up Next:

Madison College (14-1-2) will host #5-seeded Prairie State College (11-4-3) in a Region 4 Tournament Semifinal on Wednesday, November 4. The two teams have split four all-time meetings, which includes a 2-1 win for the WolfPack on September 12. The semifinal will be played at 2:00 p.m. at Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Pitch - East and will be streamed live at MadisonCollege.tv.

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