BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's soccer team scored early and often in a 5-1 waxing of Emory and Henry on a beautiful Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Head Coach Robert Richardson had his men razor sharp as the Beavers dispatched his former school with surprising ease. The Labor Day crowd was treated to a clinic at the Sears Complex.
Sophomore Elijah Zimmerman (Archbold) collected a feed from senior Jacob Kiger (Groveport/St. Charles Prep) just over a minute into the contest and put the home team on top. Dalton Taynor (Troy/Miami East) made it 2-0 midway through the first half before Britton Boyle (MIddletown) notched his first collegiate tally following a ricochet off the crossbar from Brandon DeCoursey (Bruceville, IN/North Knox) in minute 42.
Taynor and Zimmerman put it on ice when they both found the back of the net in the first eight minutes of period two on the way to a 5-1 victory over visiting Emory & Henry on Monday afternoon.
Bluffton finished with an 18-15 advantage in shots and both teams put eight on frame. The visitors were whistled for seven more fouls (12-5) and three more offsides (4-1). Taynor and Zimmerman both hit paydirt twice, while Kiger did his part with a pair of assists. Angel Velasco-Urbina (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay) racked up seven saves and also collected his first assist!
The Beavers will head to Chicago, Ill., for a 4:30 matchup with the Illinois Insititute of Technology on Saturday, Sept. 11.
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