COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Lake Erie men's soccer team competed against the Ohio Dominican University Panthers tonight for their final regular season game of the 2024 season. The Storm took care of business and defeated the Panthers 3-2. They now improve their overall record to 9-7-2 and finish the season with an 8-5-1 G-MAC record.

Game Recap
Lake Erie looked to continue their strong momentum after keeping pace with Tiffin and Findlay in their last two games. They used that momentum and jumped out to an early lead in just the ninth minute when Aaron Garrote sent a line drive right in front of the goal into the leaping path of Luke Peperak who met the ball in stride and put it in on a header.

Just three minutes later, Peperak found Linus Oestlund for their second goal of the game and four minutes later the Storm poured it on when Aaron Garrote recorded his second assist of the day, this time assisting Nicolas Vagujhelyi.

In the 35th minute, Ohio Dominican showed a sign of life and finally got on the board before the end of the half. 

The Panthers made things interested in the second by putting in their second goal of the game in the 62nd minute. However, the Lake Erie defense buckled down and held them scoreless, finishing with a 3-2 victory.

The Matchup
The win gives Lake Erie the season sweep over the Panthers and improves their record to 6-3-1 in the last ten meetings. In addition, they've outscored them 10-5 in the last three.

Looking Ahead
With tonight's win and Thomas More's loss over Cedarville, the Storm have secured the No. 4 seed in the G-MAC Tournament. They will host the Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers on Saturday, November 9th at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m.