CHICAGO – The No. 14 Loyola Ramblers shutout the Drake University men's soccer team, 4-0, Saturday, Oct. 8 night in Missouri Valley Conference action at Loyola Soccer Park.
 
Loyola (10-1-0, 4-0-0 MVC) scored quickly as the Ramblers went on the scoreboard in the fifth minute with Alec Lasinski's goal off an assist from Grant Stoneman.
 
Drake (3-8-0, 0-3-0 MVC) tallied two shots in the first half. Senior James Wypych (Wellington, New Zealand) sent a header wide of the net at the 29:04 mark and freshman Antonio Sanchez (Coralville, Iowa) had his shot blocked at the 35:02 mark.
 
With the score 1-0 in favor of Loyola, the second half started with back-to-back fouls on Drake before the Ramblers broke through for their goal as Elliot Collier scored at the 52:09 mark. Later Loyola added a goal in the 70^th minute (70:06) from Ryan Walker and another goal off a converted penalty kick by Kyle Thomson in the 72^nd minute (72:51).
 
The Bulldogs finished the second half with four shot attempts as senior Ben LeMay (Hugo, Minn.) recorded their only shot on goal in the game with an attempt that was saved by Loyola goalkeeper, Andrew Chekadanov, at the 77:08 mark.  
 
"We didn't put our best foot forward tonight especially conceding early in the game against a very good team," said head coach Gareth Smith. "This is not an easy place to play and Loyola showed why they are ranked. Tonight we were exposed in areas that we need to grow and improve and will need to regroup quickly in preparation for Tuesday game against Bradley. Hopefully we can get a few of our starters back and be able to put our strongest lineup out more consistently as this will help us tighten up on some of the areas we were lacking tonight."
 
Drake returns to Des Moines to host Bradley on Oct. 11 with first kick scheduled for 7 p.m.