Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 23, 2004
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Shuts Out UW-Whitewater 2-0
Goalie plays in the field and scores a goal

Jake Elperine scored his first career goal on Saturday.
WHITEWATER, WI - The Forester men’s soccer team earned its fourth straight victory on Saturday (October 23), a 2-0 decision at UW-Whitewater. Lake Forest raised its record on the year to 11-2-2 while dropping the Warhawks’ mark to 8-6-0.

After a scoreless opening period, the first goal of the game was scored at 50:39 off the foot of freshman Jake Elperine (Highland Park, IL/Lake Forest Academy), who was assisted by junior Sam Figueroa (Bartlett, IL/Bartlett). It was the first career goal for Elperine, whose first 10 appearances for Lake Forest came at goalkeeper.

Senior Andy Cochran (Bedford, NH/Derryfield School) added an insurance goal, his third of the year and second in the last three games, at 78:59 off an assist from classmate John Karner (Gurnee, IL/Warren Township).

Sophomore Pat Witwicki (Lake Villa, IL/Antioch) recorded four saves in the shutout, his second blanking of the season. He is now 6-1-0 this year and 11-3-1 in his career.

Lake Forest will play its final regular season game next Sunday (October 31) at 1:00 p.m. at Aurora University. The Foresters have not clinched a spot in the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament on November 5-6 but could based on what other league teams do in the next week.

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