Kentucky men’s soccer team beats Evansville 3-1

The University of Kentucky men’s soccer team kicked off a two-game road trip with a 3-1 non-conference victory at Evansville on Wednesday night.

UK’s Napo Matsoso sandwiched a pair of goals around an assist to JJ Williams to help the Cats to their third consecutive victory in the series.

Matsoso, a senior midfielder from Louisville, gave the Cats a 1-0 lead 15 minutes into the match. After a goal in the 83nd minute by Evansville’s Ian McGrath trimmed the lead to 2-1, Matsoso struck again in the 90th minute.

Kentucky improved to 7-2-2. Evansville fell to 6-5-1.

UK will play at UAB on Saturday at 7 p.m.

This story was originally published October 5, 2016 at 10:14 PM with the headline "Kentucky men’s soccer team beats Evansville 3-1."