OTTAWA, Kan. – The William Woods University men's soccer team won its second contest of the season with a 3-1 victory over Ottawa University on Tuesday night in Ottawa, Kansas.
 
The Owls outshot the Braves, 20-11 in the contest, and 12-7 on shots on goal. WWU led 3-0 before the Braves scored with 15 minutes to go in the contest. Rodrigo Alves, Darren Wilson and David Marshall all had a goal for the Owls.
 
The Owls return to action on Saturday, September 16th when they travel to St. Louis, Mo. to face Missouri Baptist University. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m.
 
Game Flow
William Woods offense came out looking to score early as they had two shots on goal over the first four minutes of the contest. WWU scored the first goal with 38:03 left in the first half when Josh Clark found Rodrigo Alves for a goal.
 
The shots continued to come for the Owls had they had four more shots over the next 13 minutes of the contest, however, the Owls could not get another shot past Angel Cruz. With 21:36 left in the first half, Rufus McIlrath fired a shot on the Owls goal which Matheus Taraszkiewicz saved.
 
The Owls continued to pressure the Braves defense but could not get another shot past Cruz and the Owls led 1-0 going into halftime.
 
Like the first half, the Owls scored early in the second half. After a shot by the Braves, which Taraszkiewicz saved, the Owls countered and Matheus Schmid found Darren Wilson for a goal putting the Owls ahead, 2-0.
 
Seven minutes later the Owls scored its third goal of the game when Wilson found David Marshall for a goal. The Owls offense continued to pressure the Braves defense as Anthony Moscotello had a shot go off the cross bar and six seconds later, Victor Faure had a shot saved by Cruz.
 
With 16:54 left in the contest, the Braves scored its first goal of the game as Ross Anderson found Anthony Galeana trimming the Owls lead down to two, 3-1.
 
WWU continued to collect shots in the second half but did not score again and the Owls kept the Braves off the scoreboard for the remainder of the contest. WWU came away with a 3-1 victory over Ottawa.
 
By the Numbers
20 – WWU had 20 shots in the contest
12 – The Owls had 12 shots on goal in the contest
6 – William Woods recorded six saves in the contest
3 – Three different Owls scored a goal in the contest
2 – WWU scored two goals in the second half
5 – David Marshall led the Owls with five shots in the contest
4 – Darren Wilson put a team-high four shots on goal
3 – WWU had three assists in the contest