Murphy, VanSlooten Net Pair to Lift U-M over Loyola in Opener

Friday, August 30

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4:00 PM

Michigan

1-0

Loyola-Chicago

0-1

Loyola-Chicago

Michigan

Murphy, VanSlooten Net Pair to Lift U-M over Loyola in Opener

8/30/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score PDF Boxscore Photos

By: Scott Kemps

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Soccer Stadium)
Score: Michigan 5, Loyola-Chicago 2
Records: U-M (1-0-0), LC (0-1-0)
Attendance: 1,340
Next U-M Game: Monday, Sept. 2 -- at Bowling Green (Bowling Green, Ohio), 7 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's soccer team kicked off its 2013 season with a 5-2 home victory over Loyola-Chicago on Friday (Aug. 30) at U-M Soccer Stadium. The Maize and Blue used pairs of scores from sophomore James Murphy (Oxford, England/Henry Box School) and junior TJ VanSlooten (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northview), while junior Tyler Arnone (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) chipped in a pair of assists in the victorious effort.

James Murphy

Following an opening interval where Murphy put U-M ahead 1-0 in the 32nd minute and a Loyola-Chicago tally in the 35th minute knotted the contest at 1-1, U-M surged in the second half with a four-goal outburst.

Murphy netted his second of the day off a corner kick from Arnone, back-heeling a shot out of midair from the left corner to bring the score line to 2-1. Four minutes later, VanSlooten added the first score of his U-M career off a header inside the six, deflecting a header from senior Ezekiel Harris (Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth).

The Wolverines then stretched the tally to 4-1 in the 72nd minute of action as senior Malcolm Miller (Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill) slid a through-ball across the 18 after a 20-yard run that found a sliding T.J. Roehn (Tampa, Fla./South Florida), who buried the stellar service lower left.

The two sides traded goals late, beginning in the 82nd minute of a free kick from Loyola's Eric Nock for his second of the match. VanSlooten capped the victory in the 86th minute with his second marker of the night with a strike from 25 yards out following a clearance from U-M goalkeeper senior/junior Adam Grinwis (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills), who not only posted his first career assist but also made a pair of saves.

U-M returns to action Monday (Sept. 2), celebrating Labor Day by taking on the host Bowling Green Falcons at 7 p.m.

GAME SUMMARY

By Periods	1	2	F
Loyola-Chicago	1	1	2
Michigan	1	4	5

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, James Murphy, 31:13 (T.J. Rohen)
1st -- LC, Eric Nock, 34:59 (Dane Bergstrom)
2nd -- U-M, James Murphy, 48:05 (Tyler Arnone)
2nd -- U-M, TJ VanSlooten, 52:05 (Ezekiel Harris, Arnone)
2nd -- U-M, Roehn, 72:21 (Malcolm Miller)
2nd -- LC, Nock, 81:13 (unassisted)
2nd -- U-M, VanSlooten, 85:46 (Adam Grinwis)

Shots: U-M 13, LC 8
Shots on Goal: U-M 9, LC 4
Saves: U-M 2 (Adam Grinwis), LC 5 (Tim Dobrowolski)
Corner Kicks: U-M 6, LC 6
Cards: LC, Ryan Howe, 53:28 (Yellow)

NOTES

• Michigan improves to 9-5 in season openers, and 1-1 in the Chaka Daley era

• Tyler Leppek earned the first start of his U-M career after coming off the bench in 12 other career appearances

• Michigan improves to 9-5 in season openers, and 1-1 in the Chaka Daley era.

• Tyler Leppek earned the first start of his U-M career after coming off the bench in 12 other career appearances.

• Two freshman (Rylee Woods, Andre Morris) and a transfer(Marcos Ugarte) made their U-M debuts after finding their names in the starting XI for the Wolverines. Three other freshman; Brett Nason, Lars Eckenrode and Ali Jawad also made their initial Wolverine appearances.

• The five goals are the most ever scored by the Wolverines in a season-opening matchup.

• The pair of assists marked the first time Tyler Arnone had more than one helper in a match.