MOBILE, Ala. - The Lynn men's soccer team opened its season with a road win over Spring Hill, 2-0, Thursday afternoon. Freshman Oskar Dahlberg scored five minutes into the match and graduate student Max Lambertz scored Lynn's second goal. Lynn's defense held the Badgers to just four shots on goal, as sophomore goalkeeper Luca Clavero recorded his sixth career shutout.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Just five minutes in, graduate student Ricardo Packer centered a pass to Dahlberg, who scored into a wide-open net to give the Fighting Knights an early 1-0 lead
- Lynn outshot Spring Hill 5-1 in the first half
- Spring Hill attempted three of the first four shots in the second half
- Lambertz scored on a pass through traffic from senior Fabio Menzel at 72:30 for the second and final goal of the match
- The Fighting Knights ended up outshooting the Badgers 7-4 in the second half and 12-5 overall
- Clavero, who had five shutouts and a 0.62 GAA in 2022, picked up where he left off last season by saving all four shots on goal
- Lynn now leads the all-time series 2-0 (defeated Spring Hill 2-0 at Bobby Campbell Stadium in 2016)
- The Fighting Knights are 32-4-1 all-time in season opening games
- Lynn is 12-3 in season openers under John Rootes
- The Fighting Knights are 8-2 all-time in openers against schools from the state of Alabama
UP NEXT:
- Lynn travels to Banner Elk, N.C. to play Lees-McRae on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 4:00 pm.
