Box Score (NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.) – Senior goalkeeper Matt Kees (Covington, Ky./Scott) set the Thomas More College men's soccer career shutout record today (Monday, October 27, 2014) as the Saints' defeated Westminster College, 2-0, in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match at Harold Burry Stadium in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
With the win, the Saints improve 14-2-1 overall and 6-0-1 in the PAC. With the loss, the Titans fall to 9-9-1 overall and 5-3-0 in the PAC.
Kees, who recorded two saves in the match, increased his shutout record to 23 as he broke the previous mark of 22 set by Zack Lawson from 2008-2012. The shutout was also Kees' 10th of the season setting single-season shutout record. Lawson owned the previous record of nine, which he set in 2009.
Thomas More took an early 1-0 lead at the 6:19 mark when senior midfielder Christopher Lehan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) scored unassisted.
The Saints added an insurance goal at the 63:31 mark when sophomore defender Tim Knauer (Batavia, Ohio/Batavia) found the back of the net off a cross from sophomore forward Brian Runyon (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg).
Thomas More out-shot Westminster 18-5, including 13-2 on-goal and won the battle of corner kicks3-1.
The Saints close out the regular season on Saturday (November 1) when they host Grove City College at 2:30 p.m. at The Bank of Kentucky Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
