Oldenburg boys soccer coach Kenny Getz was happy to see some of his players hit the pitch Saturday. The Twisters defeated visiting Trinity Lutheran Saturday, 5-1.
“We finally are getting some boys back on the field,” said Getz. “I had seven subs and they were all needed on another hot day. We were missing Eric Cornelius for the first two games. He is our striker and responded with a hat trick. Offensively, we looked so much better, especially when we settled down and took our time. When we are patient, we are a better team.”
A couple of defenders returned as well.
“We got our center fullbacks back, Joe Suttmann and Jacob Cornelius,” stated Getz. “They made a huge different for us in the back. This also allowed Nick Folop to move up a notch to his normal position, so that helped us in the middle of the field. Player of the Game though goes to Angus Lonergan who had a great game at fullback.”
Scoring summary and stats from OA assistant coach Mike Wilhelm:
Eric Cornelius scored in period 1 at at 30:56 assisted by Zach Hoff’s pass into the 6 for the shot. Jacob Hilbert scored in period 1 at 10:00 on a shot from 6 yards to the left post. Nick Folop scored in period 1 at 3:53 assisted by Logan Sydzyik cross and a one touch finish.
Cornelius scored in period 2 at 32:48 assisted by Hoff’s pass and a shot to the left side. Cornelius scored the hat-trick goal in period 2 at 7:33 on a restart by sending the ball over the keeper.
The Twisters had 20 shots with 10 on goal, 3 offsides, 7 fouls and 1 corner kick. Alex Matacia had 1 save and Folop had 2 saves.
Trinity Lutheran had 4 shots (all on goal), 5 offsides, 10 fouls, 2 corner kicks and their two keepers had 5 saves.
We thank coaches Getz and Wilhelm for the information.