GRINNELL, Iowa – The Ripon men's soccer program found itself in another Midwest Conference slugfest on Saturday afternoon as the Red Hawks tied Grinnell 1-1 at Springer Field.
Jacob Oppeneer continued his hot 2023 campaign, recording his team-high seventh goal of the season in the 63rd minute on a penalty kick for Ripon's (2-2-5, 0-1-2) only score of the day.
Oppeneer answered an early goal from Grinnell (3-4-4, 0-2-1), who got on the board in the 17th minute.
The Pioneers controlled the game offensively, tallying 23 shots compared to Ripon's 9. Shots on goal were 8-5 in Grinnell's favor.
Seven different Red Hawks recorded shots, while Oppeneer was the only one with two.
Finley Manning,
Eli Dietzel,
Nick Bellisle,
Miguel Rodriguez,
Andre Robertson,
Mohamed Abbad and
Thomas Geocaris each were credited with a shot.
Goalie
Sam Jahnke made 7 saves in net for the Red Hawks, playing all 90 minutes.
There were 24 total fouls assessed in the game, with 13 coming against Ripon.
UP NEXT: Ripon is off for an entire week, next heading to Beloit for a 1:30 p.m. tilt on Saturday, October 7 against the Buccaneers.
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