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MLC men earn fourth straight shutout, women fall in OT

NEW ULM – The Martin Luther College men’s soccer team shut out Bethany Lutheran College 1-0 in a non-conference game Tuesday.

The shutout was the Knights’ fourth in a row, as MLC keeper Caleb King stopped both shots he faced and now has not allowed a goal in more than 392 minutes of game action. That four-game shutout streak is the longest by any goalie in MLC men’s soccer history.

Ryan Plath, Eric Dorn, Nathan Graumann and Elijah Kroll kept the Vikings away from King for most of the day, allowing only five shots in total over 90 minutes.

Joseph Graumann helped bust the Knights out of a slow start with the game’s only goal in the 15th minute, as he dribbled around several BLC defenders up the right side before sending a shot into the Viking goal. The goal was Graumann’s fourth this season.

MLC improved to 8-4-1 on the season with the win. BLC fell to 0-13 in defeat.

Vikings blank Knights

NEW ULM – The Martin Luther College women’s soccer team lost a non-conference game against Bethany Lutheran 1-0 in overtime on Tuesday.

The two teams went back and forth for 90 minutes, but neither was able to push across a goal in regulation as they went to overtime.

In the first minute of the extra period, BLC’s Bridget Brown scored the game-winner, driving down the right side and shooting it past MLC keeper Julia Barthels to end the game.

The two teams were even most of the game on the stat sheet, with the Vikings outshooting the Knights 22-16 overall, but only 8-7 in shots on goal. Barthels stopped seven of the eight shots she faced for MLC.

The Knights fell to 3-10 on the season in defeat, while BLC improved to 6-6-2 with the win.

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