Brett Murray, Drury Panthers (2014)
KY Wesleyan Panthers – 1
Senior forward Micah Whorton scored three goals – setting a Drury career mark for points and moving closer to becoming its all-time goals leader – and the Panthers posted a 5-1 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan in Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s soccer Sunday afternoon at Harrison Stadium.
Whorton scored twice in the first half and then added a third just two minutes into the second half before retiring for the day as the Panthers moved to 8-4-0 overall and 7-3-0 in the GLVC with their third straight victory.
Whorton now has eight goals on the season and 33 for his career, moving past Jarrett Wagner (32 goals from 1993-96) into third place on the all-time DU charts. Whorton now trails only John Pedroli (37 from 1999-2002) and Steve Wilczewski (35 from 2006-09) in career goals at Drury.
With six points on his three goals Sunday, Whorton also became DU’s career leader in points with 90, surpassing the previous mark of 85 set by Wilczewski last season. Whorton’s 2nd goal can be seen below, assist by freshman Mike Yuede.
“I was very happy with the result today,” said Drury coach Ryan Swan, after his Panthers posted their third straight victory. “I thought the guys played very well. It was also great to see Micah set the all-time points record. “He has been an outstanding performer for us over his career and to establish the record with a hat trick today is extra special.”
Whorton tallied first off an assist from senior Ben Taylor just seven minutes into the contest for a 1-0 Drury lead that grew to 3-0 by halftime on goals by Whorton at 23:35 (Michael Yuede assist) and senior David Emnett at 37:27 (Danny Collins assist).
Whorton scored at 47:38 just after the half from five yards out on Yuede’s second assist of the day. Wesleyan (2-11, 0-11 in the GLVC) got on the board with a goal from Jordan Sosh against DU backup keeper Andrew Klump at 57:09 before Collins finished the scoring with a goal from eight yards out at 77:46 off an assist by freshman Matt Baker.
The Panthers outshot Wesleyan 24-2 in the contest and a 13-0 advantage in corner kicks.
Drury is on the GLVC road next weekend for matches Friday at Indianapolis and Sunday at Northern Kentucky, the latter pitting the top two teams in the league’s preseason poll.
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