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Men’s Soccer Falls to Cleary Sunday

Men’s Soccer Falls to Cleary Sunday

CHICAGO, Ill- The Illinois Institute of Technology men's soccer team hosted the second day of the Scarlet Hawk Tournament on Sunday, taking on Cleary College in a matchup of both teams with Saturday wins. Tech fell to the Cougars 2-1.

How it Happened

  • The Scarlet Hawks notched the only goal of the first half, scoring in the 15th minute. Brandon Bortei-Doku took a nice lead pass from Lucas Niehuns Antunes for the tally.
  • Cleary tightened up the defense in the second half. Holding Tech without a goal, the Cougars Santiago Almada scored in the 54th minute to tie the score.
  • The Cougars scored once again in the 69th minute courtesy of the tournament's Offensive MVP: Danilo Milacic.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

  • Bortei-Doku scored on one of his two shots.
  • Sergio Calvo de Leon led Tech with four shots.
  • Niehuns Antunes added an assist.

All-Tournament Team

  • Four Scarlet Hawks were named to the All-Tournament team: Niehuns Antunes, Bortei-Doku, Calvo de Leon, and Oscar Cazales. 
  • Cleary's Milacic, Almada, Noah Schneider (Defensive MVP), and Blair Moore all were named from Cleary.
  • Bojan Zgonjanin (RMU-LC), Miguel Cortez (RMU-LC), and Tim Perdue (RMU-Springfield) were also named.

Up Next

  • The Scarlet Hawks will close out the season against Carthage College on Wednesday night.
  • Tech hosts the Red Men at 7:00 p.m. at Stuart Field.