Lourdes snapped a four-match winless streak and picked up three key points in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference standings on Saturday afternoon with a 2-1 victory over Rochester (Mich.) at Michigan Stars Sports Center in Washington Township, Mich.
 
This was a much better team performance than Wednesday," head coach Matt Johnson said afterwards.  "With our defending we were much more compact and patient, and did a better job of recognizing the right moments to press or drop.  We were a little fortunate on the second goal, but it was a reward for Farouk working hard defensively.  I thought we had two or three other great chances that didn't go in."
 
The two sides played a scoreless opening 45 minutes despite Lourdes holding an 11-3 shot advantage at halftime. 
 
The Gray Wolves finally broke through with 22:56 to play in the match.  Leon Eisert (Leipzig, Germany/Kathe-Kollwitz Gymnasium) played a ball to Savio Adams (Cape Town, South Africa/Zeekoevlei), setting up a breakaway goal.
 
Rochester (5-7-1, 2-4-1 WHAC) responded just under four minutes later as Rafa Khoury found the back of the net to tie the match at one with just over 19 minutes to play.
 
Farouk Amoo (South Holland, Ill./Thornwood H.S.) answered with what would prove to be his third match-winning goal of the year just 1:41 after the equalizer, tallying his team-leading 11^th goal of the year.
 
The Gray Wolves finished the match with a 19-6 shot advantage, including a 13-1 edge on goal.  Wyatt Chunn made 11 saves in net to keep the Warriors close.
 
Lourdes (7-5-1, 2-3-1) begins its final homestand of the season on Wednesday afternoon as the gray Wolves host Northwestern Ohio.  Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.