Murray Scores Twice, Scots Shutout BVU
MONMOUTH, Ill. (09/14/2025) — On Saturday, Monmouth College Men's Soccer team faced off against Buena Vista University and won 3-0. The Fighting Scots (2-2-1) have won two straight games with Owen Murray (Cedar City, Utah) scoring two goals in consecutive games.
The Scots scored a goal in the 28th minute as Murray raced half the field to convert off an assist by Aimillios Ioannou (Lanarca, Cyprus) for the lead. The goal was the third of the season for Murray.
"As a striker that's something that I think about and kind of just to put the team on my back at times and do the work to get the goals and I'm glad I was able to do that today and play better recently," said Murray.
Ioannou scored a goal of his own 11 minutes into the second half with Isaac Price (Geneseo, Illinois) picking up the assist. Less than a minute later Murray headed in another goal, off an assist by Price, to put the Scots up 3-0.
The team seemed to be clicking on all cylinders after coming back from half time. "The boys played with confidence for 90 minutes and that's something we haven't necessarily done this year," said head coach Ian Hatleli. "When we went up 1-0 we weren't satisfied with that and we kept working harder and putting pressure on them and eventually they broke because of the pressure that we were putting on them."
The Scots knew that in order to win they would need to give it their all for all 90 minutes because that is something their coach constantly emphasized and it can be seen in the players. "I feel like we were more confident today," said Ioannou "I think we dominated physically and tactically today. I feel like we had a lot more passion to win and wanted the win to get those goals and so, I think it just comes down to who wanted it more."
Goalkeeper Luis Villa (El Paso, Texas) made four saves to secure his second win and second shutout of the season.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Treyton Yi (Streamwood, Illinois) and Villa played all 90 minutes ... Murray has scored two goals in two straight games and has 10 career goals ,,, He needs one more to break into the MC top 15 ... With his third game-winning goal of his career, Murray is tied for eighth in MC history.. ... Ioannou had his first career Monmouth goal and he now has assists in two straight games ... Price had two assists last year and this is his first multi-assist game ... Monmouth is 1-1-1 all-time against Buena Vista with a 3-2 loss last year ,,, The Scots play Tuesday at 3 p.m. in St. Louis against University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy ... The next home game is Saturday, Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m. against Beloit to open Midwest Conference play.
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