October 11, 1998

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Kentucky men’s soccer team’s win streak was stopped at seven on Sunday, as the Wildcats fell 4-0 to Akron.

The game was tied 0-0 at the half before Akron’s Christer Larsen netted a pair of goals early in the second half to give the Zips a 2-0 lead. Akron would add two late goals to bring the final score to 4-0.

With the win, Akron improves to 9-2-1, 3-0-1 in the Mid-American Conference, while UK falls to 7-6, 3-1 in the MAC. The Wildcats will have a week off before traveling to Nashville to take on Belmont next Sunday at 3 p.m.

Akron 4, UK 0

      1   2   FAkron  0   4   4UK     0   0   0

Goals: Akron – Christer Larsen (Allen Eller, Greg Prusha) 45:56,
Larsen (Michael Apple) 64:08,
Apple (Tim Cooper, David Antal) 71:33,
Trajan Bjanes (Justin Millard) 75:18

Shots: Akron 15, UK 6
Corner Kicks: Akron 6, UK 4
Goalkeeper Saves: Akron (Milligan) 2, UK (O’Leary) 4
Fouls: Akron 13, UK 21