KIRTLAND, Ohio – Lakeland men's soccer kept Lake Michigan College out of its goal and showed some offense in a 4-0 victory Saturday afternoon in a Region XII match.
With the win, Lakeland improves to 4-3-2 overall and 2-1-1 in Region XII play.
Kobie Gooding-Meade (Toronto, Ontario) scored two goals in the second half to lead the way. Williams Batres (Cleveland) scored a goal and added an assist. Ugochukwu MacAustin Nneji (Lagos, Nigeria) scored the third goal for the Lakers.
David Turner (Eastlake) added two assists in the win while Josue Gomez-Villegas (Perry) added an assist.
Jacob Pereira Granato (Toronto, Ontario) made six saves and did not allow a goal in the shutout victory to improve to 3-2-2 as a keeper.
Turner helped to set up the first goal in the seventh minute as he passed near the corner to the head of Batres for a 1-0 lead that would hold up until halftime.
The game opened up for Lakeland in the second half as Turner set up another goal by finding Gooding-Meade in the 60th minute for a 2-0 lead.
Nneji came off the bench and put himself in position to score in the 69th minute after a pass from Batres for a 3-0 lead.
Gooding-Meade slammed the door shut on the game with his second goal in the 79th minute after a pass from Gomez-Villegas for a convincing 4-0 lead that would hold until the final whistle.
Lakeland will wrap up the weekend with a home game on Sunday, Sept. 23 against Muskegon Community College at 1 p.m. Muskegon beat Lakeland 2-1 on Aug. 26 as the Lakers will be looking to revenge.
For more information about Lakeland athletics, visit www.athletics.lakelandcc.edu.
About Lakeland Community College
Founded in 1967, Lakeland Community College was the first college in Ohio created by a vote of the people. True to our mission, Lakeland provides quality learning opportunities to meet the social and economic needs of the community.
Offering day, evening, weekend and online classes, the college serves more than 10,800 credit and 2,800 noncredit students (2016). For more information about the College, visit www.lakelandcc.edu.
