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COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Cleary College inches closer to WHAC playoffs berth after Searl’s brace against Lawrence Tech




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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The Cleary College men's soccer team came into Sunday's game at Lawrence Tech above the playoff line. The cougars left in that same spot.


After earning a hard fought 2-0 victory over the host Blue Devils, Cleary College is even closer to securing the team's first berth in the WHAC conference tournament.


Cleary would get on the board first after scoring in the fifth minute of play. After Marcel Zanchin earned the team's first corner kick for the Cougars, he would deliver a well-placed ball to the back post on the resulting corner kick, finding the head of Liam Coyle. Coyle's header would hit the post, before finding the foot of Noah Sperl, who powered a shot into the net to give Cleary a 1-0 lead. 


The Blue Devils would start to take control of the game, looking for their equalizer, but Austin Freemire and the Cougars defense were up to the task. Cleary would head into halftime leading 1-0.


The second half was once again a defensive battle for the Cougars, as LTU kept pushing forward to try to net an equalizer. Still leading 1-0 late, Jed Blough would send a clearance forward, and after bouncing high on the turf, once again found the body of Searl. The talented Searl used his body to shield himself between the last defender and the ball, and after winning that battle, only had the keeper to beat as he slipped his shot into the corner of the goal to cap the scoring.


Searl’s two goals now give him four tallies on the season. Austin Freemire recorded nine saves while picking up his fourth shutout of the year and his sixth win overall.


The victory gives Cleary College an 8-7-1 record overall, 5-4-1 in the WHAC. Cleary now sits in sixth place in the WHAC with 16 points, four ahead of seventh place Lawrence Tech, and five points ahead of eighth place Concordia-Ann Arbor. 


The Cougars will travel to Ann Arbor Oct. 25 to take on the Cardinals in a crucial WHAC battle. A win next Friday could clinch a berth in the WHAC tournament for the first time since the Cougars joined the conference. The game is set to begin at 5 p.m.



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