Lake Erie College dealt with windy and rainy conditions on a stormy night in North Canton, Ohio and earned its first victory of the season, 3-2, over NAIA Walsh University.  Junior forward Marco Gaudio (Cambridge, England/Impington Village College) scored two goals in the victory.

The Storm improved to 1-8 overall on the season while the Cavaliers fell to 5-4 overall. 

Walsh wasted no time getting on the board as Ben Truax scored just 1:24 into the contest.  Lake Erie bided its time and tied the game in the 25^th minute as freshman Nathan Bias (Dayton, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont) scored off a pass from senior defender David Traffis (Parma, Ohio/Parma Senior).  Gaudio got his first goal less than four minutes later via an assist from senior midfielder Alex Royko (Willoughby, Ohio/Willoughby South) and the Storm took a 2-1 advantage to the break. 

The Cardinals tied the game again in the 60^th minute when Truax scored his second goal of the game but Gaudio was not to be outdone as his unassisted goal in the 73^rd minute was the game winner. 

Walsh won the battle of shots, 14-6, and corner kicks, 15-3, but Lake Erie made the most of its opportunities. 

In goal for Lake Erie, sophomore Ricky Carreira (Toronto, Ont./Dante Alighieri Academy) made 12 saves.

Lake Erie is in action next when it returns home from a six-game road swing on Friday, Oct. 1 when it hosts Saginaw Valley State.  First touch is slated for 7:00 p.m. at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium.