Lewis Flyers Lose In Sudden Death Overtime Shootout…
In the world of sports it can’t always be about winning. It’s about team work, giving your best, and having fun. Losing in any game certainly should never be a reason to feel ashamed or disappointed, and the Lewis Flyers have every reason in the world of soccer to proudly hold their heads high — even in defeat.
Coming off of their unbeaten streak of 11 wins they certainly were no pushover. It was a scoreless battle for the first 78 minutes of the game before both teams exploded for four goals before regulation time expired; leaving matters to be resolved in overtime. Again, however, Lewis held off Lees-McRae to advance to a second overtime. And when the second overtime did not prove to resolve matters, the game advanced to a sudden death overtime shootout, where ultimately Lees-McRae defeated the Flyers, 5-3, in penalty kicks to advance to the NCAA Championship.
Overall the Lewis Flyers had an excellent season at 16-3-3, and everyone should look forward to another explosive season in 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS Lewis for a job well done!
Lewis University Men’s Soccer Team Advance To Final Four
The Lewis University men’s soccer team seeks its first “Final Four” bid in 9 years!
The No. 20 Lewis Flyers will be hosting No. 14 University of Charleston (W. Va.) for an NCAA Division II Quarterfinal match-up at 12 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 21) afternoon after coming off an exciting 1-0 upset of No. 2 ranked Drury on the road in the Super Region 4 Finals on November 15th.
Junior Mardoche Beya scored the game-winning goal in the 2nd half on Sunday.
Lewis’ head men’s soccer coach, Evan Fiffles, knew it would take a perfect game for his Flyers to beat Drury, and by all accounts Fiffles received that and more as Lewis claimed the 1-0 win.
“We needed a great performance on the road to beat a team like that,” Fiffles said. “We put a game plan together and everyone had to execute it and we did that today. [Drury] is a great team and that doesn’t take anything away from their season… We just happened to pop one in at the right time,” Fiffles concluded.
A Catholic university sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The 10th largest private, not-for-profit university in Illinois is being honored for the sixth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.