Wartburg holds off men's soccer

Karl Bonde
September 17, 2008

NORTHFIELD, Minn. - Wartburg scored two early first half goals and held on to beat St. Olaf 2-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

Victor Mudzinganyama opened the scoring for the Knights in the 14th minute as he scored off a pass from Nate Hedrington.

Nine minutes later, Kyle McKenna scored a goal to put Wartburg up 2-0 heading into halftime.

The Oles cut the lead to 2-1 when Erik van Mechelen scored off a free kick from John Zietlow with 8:36 to play in the game.

The loss ended a four-game winning steak for St. Olaf.

The Oles next face Macalester College at home on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Contact media relations specialist Mike Ludwig at (507) 786-3834 or ludwigm@stolaf.edu.