DES MOINES, IA — Grand View outshot Mount Mercy 14-9 and broke a scoreless match in the 79th minute on an own goal by the Mustangs, finishing off a 1-0 win on Tuesday. The win moves Grand View to 9-5-2 overall and 8-3-1 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play, while Mount Mercy falls to 5-7-2 overall and 4-6-1 in league action.
Grand View had the first look of the night, with Eishu Nishizono forcing a save in the 2nd minute. Mount Mercy responded with three corner kicks between the 6th and 10th minutes, but the Vikings answered with corners from Lucas Newhard and Herman Furumo and kept creating chances. Nishizono sent a header wide left in the 14th minute, and Justin Figaroa and Anthony Ulloa each put shots over the bar before the match took a turn in the 27th minute. A red card was issued to the Mustangs' bench and Grand View was awarded a penalty kick on the same sequence, but the Mustangs' goalkeeper made the save, and he denied a Newhard follow-up shot right after. Luis Helm kept the Vikings level with saves in the 40th and 45th minutes, and Figaroa sent a late shot wide right as the teams went to halftime scoreless.
Grand View kept the pressure on after the break. Furumo sent a shot high in the 48th minute, and the Vikings forced saves from the Mustangs' goalkeeper in the 55th and 58th minutes off attempts from Newhard and Furumo. Helm made saves in the 55th and 60th minutes to keep the match scoreless. The breakthrough came in the 79th minute, when a Newhard corner kick led to a Mount Mercy own goal, giving Grand View a 1-0 lead. Kendall Guzman sent a shot wide left in the 82nd minute, and Helm made one more stop in the 87th. Newhard forced a final save in the 88th minute as Grand View held on. Mount Mercy picked up two yellow cards in the final two minutes, and Grand View was shown two yellow cards of its own.
GAME NOTES
- Grand View won on an own goal in the 79th minute, following a corner kick from Lucas Newhard
- Luis Helm made 5 saves in net for Grand View to secure the shutout, 2 in the first half and 3 in the second
- Grand View out-shot Mount Mercy 14-9, with a 7-5 edge in shots on goal
- Grand View missed a penalty kick in the 27th minute, awarded on the same play as a red card to the Mustangs' bench
- Cards: Grand View 2 yellow; Mount Mercy 4 yellow and 1 red
- Mount Mercy had a 5-4 edge in corner kicks
- The win improves Grand View to 8-3-1 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play
WHAT'S NEXT?
Grand View travels to Oskaloosa, IA to take on William Penn on October 28th at 7:30 PM.
