Late game winner lifts men's soccer over Mount Marty

Photo by Jonah Gleason, Morningside Sports Information Intern

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Senior day continued for the Morningside men's soccer team, as they played their final regular season home game against Mount Marty this weekend. The game was played quite evenly, with Morningside hitting the game winner as the final minute of play ticked onto the clock.

In a move of pure sportsmanship, the Lancers allowed Constantin Tschernig, who suffered a season-ending injury earlier this year, to take the opening kick, before dumping it off out of bounds to allow him to be substituted for. 

With a full-strength squad back on the field, the two teams exchanged offensive attempts until Mount Marty went up late in the first half. Morningside's Frederik Endahl answered after the teams returned to play, getting an assist from Jona Fischer to record the match's first equalizer.

The Lancers went up again in short work, only to have Jonas Markfoged, with an assist from Marnix Van Exel to knot things up again.

Morningside, with enough ties to be confused with a semi-formal wardrobe, wanted nothing more than to come away with a win. As the clock ticked nearer to the game's conclusion a tie seemed inevitable. 

With the "one minute remaining" announcement looming, Jonas Markfoged got a pass to Fischer, who knocked the ball past the outstretched keeper's arms, causing the Morningside bench to erupt and giving the Mustangs a lead that they would protect for the final 60 seconds of play.

Morningside, now sitting sixth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings, travels to Iowa Wesleyan on Tuesday for a 2 p.m. contest before concluding the regular season at Mitchell, S.D. on Oct. 29.