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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The No. 15-ranked Northeastern State men's soccer team defeated Lindenwood 1-0 Saturday afternoon at Hunter Stadium.
 
The RiverHawks (7-2, 5-0 MIAA) improved their road unbeaten streak to 15-straight matches, while the Lions (5-4-2, 3-2 MIAA) saw their 22-match home unbeaten streak come to an end. The last time LWU lost at home was on Oct. 26, 2011 (20-0-2).
 
The lone goal of the day came from freshman midfielder Hayden Rasmussen. He headed home a corner from senior forward Jordan Schmoker in the 29th minute of play. The Lions were unable to find an equalizer and were outshot 9-6.
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Jackson Biles (6-2) made a pair of saves and earned his fourth clean sheet of the season. Andrew Hamerlink (4-2-3) finished with five saves in the loss.
 
The rough battle featured 15 fouls, six yellow cards and one Lindenwood red card.
 
Northeastern State will stay on the road for a 1:30 p.m. meeting Oct. 6 at Southwest Baptist.
 
Scoring Summary
NSU                 1          0          –          1
LWU                0          0          –          0
 
Individual Scoring
Hayden Rasmussen (NSU) at 28:35 (Jordan Schmoker)
 
Goalkeeper Saves
Jackson Biles (NSU) – 2
Andrew Hamerlink (LWU) – 5
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE COACH ROB CZLONKA
Opening statement…
"We're very excited to still be at the top of the table heading into the second half of the season. Our guys have worked hard. They put in the work during the offseason, and it's paying off for us so far this year. Defensively, we were rock solid today. Lindenwood was never really able to get behind our defense, which was anchored by Terence (Smith) and Jarrett (Whitcomb). Julius (James) made his first-career start and did a good job, and Brenden (Bombardier) continues to play well for us. Hayden scored a great goal for us today. We got our first look at him the summer before his senior year of high school when he came to our camp. We liked what we saw then, so we stayed with him. Thankfully he chose NSU, because he won a big match for us today."
 
On snapping Lindenwood's 22-match home unbeaten streak…
"I'm proud of our guys for being able to stop an impressive streak like that. This team is so tough to play, especially at home. Going up against a team like Lindenwood that we have not been able to defeat yet was a mental hurdle that we had to get over. We controlled the factors that we could control. Lindenwood is a very good team. They're probably going to win a bunch of matches the rest of the season."
 
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