HIRAM, Ohio – The No. 18 nationally ranked Mount Union men's soccer team beat Hiram 2-0 in a nonconference matchup on Friday evening.
The Purple Raiders (8-0-0) got on the board quickly when senior
Omar Najjar (Akron / Revere) found the back of the net just under two minutes into the game to take a 1-0 lead. Mount Union would add to their lead in the 30
th minute when freshman
Tyler Harsch (Aliquippa, Pa. / Central Valley) scored his first career goal off assists from freshman
Alex Depperschmidt (Mansfield / Lexington) and junior
Kabiona Ramadhani (Cleveland / Lincoln West) to take a 2-0 lead into the halftime break.
The Terriers (3-5-1) weren't able to answer in the second half as the Raiders would go on to win 2-0.
The Raiders are on the road again next when they travel to Wooster for a nonconference matchup on Wednesday, September 27 at 5 p.m.