Case Western Reserve edges No. 21 Men's Soccer 1-0
Submitted by tglon on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 1:10pm.
Mac Church
By Tim Glon
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CLEVELAND -- Mark Ilhan scored a first half goal and the Case Western Reserve defense made it stand as the Spartans edged No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern 1-0 in a non-conference men's soccer contest Saturday afternoon.
Both schools are 2-2-1 on the season.
Mac Church had seven saves in goal for the Polar Bears.
Ilhan scored the match's only goal off a rebound on a save by Church with 2:23 left in the first half.
ONU had several opportinities to even the match in the final minutes, but a goal was called back due to a foul and CWR goalie Ben Yabrow made an outstanding save in the waning seconds to keep the Polar Bears off the board.
Case out-shot ONU 17-10 and each team had three corner kicks in the contest.
After beginning the season with five consecutive road matches, Ohio Northern will open the home portion of its season with a 4 opm contest against Wittenberg at the ONU Soccer Field.