Three different players found the back of the net for Lourdes on Saturday evening as the Gray Wolves opened Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play with a 3-0 shutout over Cornerstone at Wildcat Stadium.
 
The clean sheet was the second consecutive for the Gray Wolves, as Lourdes notched back-to-back shutouts for the first time since the 2017 season.
 
"This was a great start to the conference season," head coach Matt Johnson said afterwards.  "It was nice to see a couple of different guys get on the scoresheet."
 
Lourdes jumped out to a quick lead just under 10 minutes into the match.  Savio Adams (Cape Town, South Africa/Zeekoevlei H.S.) sent a long lead bass up the middle which was collected by Farouk Amoo (South Holland, Ill./Thornwood H.S.).  Amoo went one-on-one with goalkeeper Alan Mendoza before moving past him for his first goal of the year.
 
The Gray Wolves doubled their lead just 1:40 before halftime.  Robert Pereznegron (Channelview, Texas/Channelview H.S.) rifled a shot from 20 yards out at the top of the box into the back of the net.  The goal was the first of his career for the junior defender.
 
Adams added an insurance goal of his own with just under 20 minutes to play in the match.  He sent a blast from the top of the goal box into the netting after receiving a feed from his right from N'Faly Diallo (Detroit, Mich./Mumford H.S.).
 
The Gray Wolves outshot the Golden Eagles 12-8 for the match, including an 8-1 edge on goal.  Mendoza made five stops in net for Cornerstone (0-1, 0-1 WHAC) while Ali Chokr (Bint Jbail, Lebanon/Fontainebleau [La.] H.S.) needed to make just one save for the shutout for Lourdes.  Chokr's clean sheet was the sixth of his career, tying Jose Cedillo's career record at Lourdes.
 
Lourdes (3-1, 1-0) will return to the road next Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves travel to Adrian, Mich. to battle Siena Heights.  Kickoff is set for noon at O'Laughlin Stadium.