Tuesday, September'18, 2012 | TechNews sports@technewsiit.com CIARAN KOHLI—LYNCH 7 Men’s soccer defeats Madonna University By Liam Barrett TECHNEWS WRITER IIT was unfortunate enough to suf— fer a 1—0 defeat on their travels last Tuesday, in a tightly contested game against Ashford Uni— versity. 'The Scarlett Hawks started the better of the two teams, playing much of the game in Ashford’s half and forcing a couple of early saves from the opposition goalkeeper. How— ever, it was Ashford that took the lead into half time after capitalizing on a quick counterattack that caught the IIT defense out of position. 'The second half was one of few sig— nificant changes, as Ashford looked content to simply hold onto their 1—0 lead, and managed to prevent IIT playing the free flowing soccer that had caused the home team so many prob— lems early on in the game. With time running out IIT tried to push numbers forward; how— ever, Ashford were able to see out the game. Regardless, this was definitely a promising performance for the Scarlett Hawks against an extremely well respected opposition. 'Three days later the men’s soccer team faced another stern test as they played host to Madonna University. 'This turned out to be an incredibly action packed event that would see HT eventually come out victorious 3—2, despite having only 10 men for the major— ity of the game. 'The Hawks made the perfect start after only 2 minutes, when a neat com— bination play between seniors Gui Nunes and Liam Barrett led to Nunes playing a pinpoint cross to the unmarked Barrett who was able to guide the ball home with a close range div— ing header. IIT would then go on to double their advantage on the half hour, when Bar— rett took the ball around the advancing goal— keeper and teed up Philippine international, Robert Rixer, who calmly slotted the ball home from ten yards out for his third of the season. At this point the hawks looked as if they were in complete control of the game; however, just before halftime Madonna man— aged to break away on the counter and halved the deficit with a sweet strike from just inside the 18—yard box. Two minutes later and things got a lot worse for the Hawks when freshman goalkeeper Edson Zagal saw red for an alterca— tion with one of Madonna’s attackers, in what was surprisingly deemed a sending off offense. During the half, the Hawks were able to limit Madonna to very second few clear—cut chances at goal, despite be— ing a man down. As the end of the match drew near, the visiting team pushed rnore numbers forward, leaving thernselves high— ly at risk of being hit on the counterattack. 'This was exactly what happened in the 84th minute, when sophomore Ro— man Zwarycz was able to latch onto Barrett’s through ball and coolly slot the ball pass the opposing keeper to put the result be— yond any doubt. Madonna were able to pull one goal back in the dying seconds of the game; however, this was merely a consola— tion in what was a well—deserved and hard— fought win for the IIT men’s soccer team. Next up for the men is another trip to Iowa as they face off against Davenport University on Tuesday, in their last out of con— ference game before returning to the Hawk’s Nest for the much anticipated homecoming game vs. Holy Cross, next Saturday at 7p.rn. 2012 US Open features first male U.l<. winner in 76 years By Ciaran Kohli—Lynch SPORTS EDITOR 'The United Kingdom’s 76 year wait for a male victor in grand slam tennis came to a dramatic end this week in New York. Olympic champion Andy Murray battled hard against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic to race to a two set lead in Monday’s epic fi— nal. Defending champion Djokovic made the Scot earn the biggest win of his career, forc— ing the match into a fifth set after winning the third and fourth sets 6—2 and 6—3 respectively. At this stage of the match, Brit— ish fans were perhaps entitled to feel a little nervy. A tiring Murray could easily have been overcome with doubt at his ability to see out the match, considering this was his fifth attempt at victory in a major final. 'This fact, coupled with the com— manding strength and skill of Djokovic, who was vying for his fifth major in two years, meant that Murray would have to show great strength of character and will to triumph on a remark— ably windy evening at Flushing Meadows. With Scottish nery and Manchester United manager Alex actor Sean Con— Ferguson cheering him on from the stands, \I" ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Career ManagemenlCenler SEDTEMBED 20m SOL O UT 12—4nm The Fall Career Fair is currently at capacity with a waiting list due to public safety and Fire Marshall regulationsI FALL CAREER FAIR---- PRE-REGISTRATION Get ahead of the line! 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