KENOSHA, Wis. -- The Parkside men's soccer team met up against Saginaw Valley State this afternoon with a chance to clinch the GLIAC Regular Season title. The Rangers also recognized Joe Heup, Simon Koehne, Lars Popp, Mike Howell, Noah Schultz, Edgar Heredia Victoria, and Kaffie Kurz as apart of their Senior Day celebrations. The senior class wasn't the only thing the Rangers celebrated on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Cardinals in a 3-0 decision and were crowned the GLAIC Regular Season Champions.
 

"Very happy and proud of the guys for earning this championship. I'm also extremely happy for our alumni and all of our fans and friends that support us all year long. Now we get to look forward to hosting playoff soccer in Kenosha," remarked head coach Jason Zitzke. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Rangers scored all their goals in the second half as Paco Piscaglia, Noah Schultz, and Chris Estrada scored.
• Redshirt junior Patrick Connolly shined in his season debut and start. The goalkeeper reeled in a cleansheet as well as six critical saves.
• Parkside shined offensively, firing off 14 shots and landing six of them on frame.
• The Rangers now have clinched the number one seed for the GLIAC Tournament. The Rangers will play every match of the tournament at Wood Road Soccer Field as a result.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The first half of play was scoreless between the two sides. Flawless goalkeeping by both keepers kept the scoreline knotted up at 0-0 heading into the half.

The Rangers finally broke through in the 70th minute when Noah Schultz sent a ball through to Paco Piscaglia. Piscaglia finished the ball with ease to put the Rangers up 1-0 with 20 minutes remaining in the match. 

The Rangers weren't done yet. Just four minutes later Alejandro Martinez passed the ball to Edgar Heredia Victoria. Heredia Victoria sent the ball through to Noah Schultz who passed the ball past the keeper to make the score 2-0 in favor of the Rangers. It was Schultz first goal of the season on his Senior Day. Schultz on the day recorded a goal and an assist in just 25 minutes of action for three points on the afternoon. 

The cherry on top came in the 88th minute from the right foot of Chris Estrada. Estrada ran onto a long ball from Matteo Quintero and Estrada took a touch around the keeper and finished to deliver the Rangers final blow to the Cardinals. 

The Rangers finish the regular season with a 9-4-2 overall record and a 7-2-1 record in conference play. Parkside receives the first round bye with securing the number one seed and will play host to the lowest remaining seed in the semi-finals on Novemeber 5th.