Wessling's Late Goal Seals Marian's Come-From-Behind CL Tourney Win Over No. 13 Bethel

Indianapolis, Ind. - The Marian men's soccer team advanced to the semifinals with a nail-biting 3-2 win over Bethel Wednesday afternoon, coming back from two goals down with three unanswered scores in the second half to claim the victory. The Knights are now 13-3-3 overall on the season following the win.

HIGHLIGHTS

The first half was a shootout between the Knights and Pilots. Bethel out-shot Marian with four shots and one on goal while Marian claimed three with one on target. Donovan Doolitte and Yeudiel Sebastian Gonzalez each took a shot that came up too wide. Matthew Loo took his shot on target but came up short against the Pilots goalie. The visitors took advantage of a corner kick followed by a header to claim the first goal of the evening. Bethel took two more shots on goal but came up against Juan Torres' efforts and took one too high with two minutes remaining in the half ending the final score 1-0.

Both sides opened up the half trading goals with Kyle Alb tabbing a shot on goal but came up short. The Pilots got their shot in the back of the goal once again at the 51' mark to claim the 2-0 lead. The Knights fired back with Sebastian Gonzalez taking a shot off of a pass from Samuel Wehaus to bring the margin down to one goal. Doolittle and Gonzalez took two more shots but came out short before Wehaus claimed his first goal of the evening to bring the game to a standstill. Bethel and Marian traded shots but both came up short on their efforts. Josh Wesseling sealed the deal with a clutch goal off of a great pass from Alb to claim the 3-2 win over No. 13 Bethel.

Yeudiel Sebastian Gonzalez led the team in shots with three while Sebastian Gonzalez and Donovan Doolittle each claimed two on the evening. In goal Juan Torres claimed the win and made five saves on the afternoon. Marian had three different goal-scorers in the win, logging three assists on the afternoon. 

With the win the Knights will be back in action on Saturday competing in the semifinals against the winner of the St. Francis and Huntington match-up.

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