Men's Soccer Defeats Findlay 3-0

OVERVIEW

SCORE: Northwood 3, Walsh 0
RECORDS: Northwood (5-1-2, 4-1-2 GLIAC), Findlay (2-6, 1-5 GLIAC)
LOCATION: Dean Field - Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Zachary Bakos (Linden, Mich./Linden) had a day to remember recording a hat trick in 33:50 to power Northwood to a 3-0 victory. 

INSIDE THE GAME

• Sixteen minutes into the contest, James Vaughan sent a cross from the right side of a soaking pitch and found Zachary Bakos who headed it in for the first goal of the match.
• About eight minutes later, Bakos was around the net yet again looking for an opportunity to extend the lead. Off of a corner kick by Vaughan, there was a rebound that came loose to the right of the keeper. Bakos put it home for his second goal of the game.
• The Timberwolves took total control of the game 4:48 into the second on the back of Bakos' third goal of the contest. Similar to how he netted his second, the ball came loose for him off of a failed clear moments after Vaughan's corner kick. From the left side this time, he put the game out of reach.
• The best save of the game came from back-up netminder Brandon Brundirks. Just after he relieved Brendan Brown, a rebound deflected off of his leg to the outside of the right side box. Moving to his left, he dove to nab the ball out of the air on a shot from about 40 feet from his net to preserve the shutout.

GAME STATS

• SHOTS: Northwood 17, Findlay 10
• SAVES: Findlay 8, Northwood 4
• CORNER KICKS: Northwood 9, Findlay 1

GAME NOTES

• Bakos recorded the first hat trick for the Timberwolves since October 23^rd, 2015 (Keaton Levock), which also came against Findlay. He now leads Northwood in goals with five in eight games.
• Northwood has outscored Findlay 12-0 in their last three games against each other dating back to last season.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel to Northern Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 2. Game time is set for 4 p.m.