EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — IU Northwest men's soccer kept the game scoreless deep into the second half Saturday, but No. 2 Olivet Nazarene broke through with two late goals to hand the RedHawks a 2-0 loss at home.
Carter Levesque was the story for much of the afternoon, standing tall against a persistent Olivet Nazarene attack that out-shot IU Northwest 21-3 on the day. Levesque turned away shot after shot, including stops on Atjon Thaqi, Kai Bucher and Pablo Ortiz Suarez multiple times apiece, keeping the RedHawks within reach well into the second half.
The deadlock finally broke in the 81st minute, when Ortiz Suarez scored the first goal of his collegiate career off a deflected cross to put the visitors ahead, 1-0. Olivet Nazarene added an insurance goal six minutes later, as Thaqi finished off a corner kick sequence to make it 2-0 in the 87th minute.
IU Northwest's offense was limited for much of the match but did generate a handful of looks, with Gavin Niebel testing Olivet Nazarene goalkeeper Jacob Robinson in the opening minutes and Eric Lopez and Luis Limones each getting late chances in search of a response. Levesque finished with seven saves in the loss, a performance that kept the RedHawks competitive against one of the region's top teams until the final 10 minutes.
IU Northwest hits the road Saturday, Oct. 17, to face Holy Cross College (Ind.) in Notre Dame, Ind. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. CDT.
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