ROCHESTER, Mich. - Nick Moon and Evan Conway scored second-half goals to send the Milwaukee men's soccer team to its sixth Horizon League victory in a row, topping Oakland by a final score of 2-0 Friday evening at OU Soccer Field.
 
The Panthers (10-5-3, 6-3-0 Horizon League) claimed third place in the final conference standings with the win over the Grizzlies (6-10-1, 3-5-1 Horizon League), finishing the season with just one loss (7-1-1) in their final nine games overall.
 
Scoreless past intermission, things changed in the 53rd minute. That was when UWM goalkeeper Freddy Lorenzen made an impressive save on a close-range attempt, but was run into by an OU player. The collision forced Lorenzen out of the game and caused Oakland to play a man down after a red card was handed out.
 
In stepped redshirt freshman Ryan Berger in net, who finished with six saves in 37-plus minutes of relief.
 
And just 1:32 after the red card, Moon made the Grizzlies pay. He picked up a turnover along the left sideline and went charging in, twisting his way past two or three members of the back line to create space and sneak a shot in the left post at the 54:12 mark.
 
The unassisted strike was Moon's fifth of the season.
 
Berger came up big time and time again, including a brilliant stop in the 63^rd minute and another eye-opener on a rifled shot that tried to break up the shutout, but Berger corralled the effort in the final 10 seconds to secure the clean sheet.
 
Moon was there to set up goal No. 2 as well, heading a ball cleared by the OU defense to the left wing, where Conway was waiting. He took a couple of touches to create an opening, blasting one to the upper-90 of the other side of the goal for his eighth of the season at the 81:38 mark.
 
UWM claimed the win despite being outshot 15-to-10, just the third time this season that the team was outshot. The Panthers did grab the 3-1 edge in corner kicks. Moon led the offense with four shots, while Jaime Colin added three.
 
Up next, the team has earned the No. 3 spot in the Horizon League Tournament, a spot that comes with it a home game on Monday. The Panthers will welcome No. 6 Detroit Mercy to Engelmann Stadium, with a kickoff time set for 7 p.m.