COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Freshman Jacob Zamarron continued his torrid point pace to start the 2019 season, but the John Brown University men's soccer team ran into its roughest outing of the season on Thursday (Sept. 12) afternoon in the form of No. 14 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) as the host Blue Raiders handed JBU an 8-1 defeat inside Walter S. Reuling Stadium.
Oscar Dueso's first goal of the match in the 14th minute broke the 1-1 tie for Lindsey Wilson (2-1-0) and began an afternoon that saw the striker tally up four goals on seven shots as the Golden Eagles have now lost consecutive contests.
The Blue Raiders scored four of its eight goals by way of headers, making John Brown pay for a lack of marking inside the 18.
Neville Morgan lifted the hosts to an early lead in the seventh minute, but JBU (3-2-0struck back less than four minutes later to equalize the score.
Freshman Oscar Carballo's pass to the right wing began the play that saw senior Amilcar Gonzalez serve in a deep cross right into the Blue Raider box. Zamarron's leap was perfectly timed as his header went top shelf past LWC keeper David Coffey to tie the score.
Zamarron has now registered a point in all five contests, including a goal in four of the matches.
Unfortunately for the Golden Eagles, the offense ended there, as Lindsey Wilson took the lead for good three minutes later before building a 3-1 lead before the bathroom break.
John Brown nearly matched the Blue Raiders shot-for-shot in the second half (11-9), but LWC rode a pair of Dueso strikes in the first five minutes of the second half to build a four-goal cushion in the 50th minute.
Dueso struck again in the 58th to complete his four-goal outing, and Akean Shakleford came off the bench in his first appearance in the season to tack on a pair of goals to put the game well out of reach for the Golden Eagles.
Senior Britt Wisener made five saves in the loss, while the team was credited for a goal-line save in the 56th minute of play.
While LWC barely out-shot the Golden Eagles 20-16, the Blue Raiders made their shots count, sending 14 attempts on goal while the visitors were limited to just five.
Up Next
John Brown ends its Kentucky road trip with another matinee affair – this time at Midway (Ky.) on Friday afternoon scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
