Box Scores

Knox College stayed close with Westminster College for most of the match, but three goals over the final 20 minutes kept the Prairie Fire winless on the season with a 5-1 defeat Saturday at Jorge Prats Field.

Knox held Westminster without a goal until the 31:17 mark, when Ronald Moore scored off of a throw-in from Kyle Varner to make it 1-0.  The Prairie Fire got stung by an identical play in the 40th minute when the same two Blue Jays connected to make it a 2-0 Westminster lead.

Knox (0-5) got on the board at 47:20 when first-year midfielder Maxwell Gatyas (Plymouth, Wisconsin) scored his first goal of the season unassisted to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Westminster (3-1), however, scored three times over the final 20 minutes to claim the win.

The Blue Jays outshot Knox 11-4 in the first half and 18-7 overall.  The Prairie Fire got just two shots off against Westminster goal keeper Taylor Webb.  Knox netminder, sophomore Robert Porter (Tucson, Arizona), had five saves before he departed at 84:41 and junior Eric Denson (St. Louis, Missouri) saw his first minutes of the season.

Knox resumes play on its home field Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. against Lincoln Christian University.