Louisville Shuts Down Salem 4-0 to Win 7th Straight Sectional Title – Boys Soccer
#19 Louisville 4, #18 Salem 0
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The #19-seeded Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Soccer Team shutout the #18-seeded Salem Quakers 4-0 in their Division III Northeast 1 Sectional Final Wednesday night at Sebo Stadium. With the win, Louisville improves to 8-7-2 on the season and advances to play at #9-seeded Marlington in the District Semifinals on Thursday, October 23 at 7:00 PM.
Burton Opens Scoring with 15th Goal
The Leopards wasted no time gaining postseason momentum. Senior Carter Burton opened the scoring in the first half off an assist from Raiden Lindner to put Louisville on top 1-0. The goal was Burton’s 15th of the season, continuing his standout senior campaign.
Mayle Scores Twice to Lead Leopards
Later in the first half, Burton turned provider—threading an assist to sophomore Maddox Mayle, who buried the ball into the bakc of the net to double the Leopards’ lead to 2-0 before halftime.
Louisville stayed aggressive in the second half, and a crafty set piece resulted in their third goal. A left-side corner from Burton sailed over the crowd in front of goal and drifted untouched toward the far corner, where Maddox Rodriguez tracked it down. After creating space on the wing, Rodriguez centered a sharp pass for Mayle who laced his second goal of the game—and 10th of the season—into the left side of the net to give Louisville a commanding 3-0 lead.
— Terrie Horn (@LepsAD) October 16, 2025
Lindner Scores 1st Varsity Goal to Remove All Doubt
The Leopards capped the scoring minutes later. Burton floated a pass from the right wing through heavy traffic in the box. After bouncing multiple times, junior Jax Lindner struck the ball on the final bounce and sent it over the keeper, off the right post, and in for his first career varsity goal—punctuating a dominant Leopard performance.
The assist was Burton’s team-best eighth on the season.
Leopards with a commanding 4-0 lead with under 15 minutes left in the game pic.twitter.com/tmdBA1cmiT
— Terrie Horn (@LepsAD) October 16, 2025
Keister Records Back-to-Back Shutouts
Junior goalkeeper Justin Keister anchored the Leopards’ back line with another clean performance in net. He recorded his second consecutive shutout and fifth clean sheet of the season—his fifth in the last nine games.
Louisville Takes Fourth Straight from Salem
Louisville has now defeated Salem in each of its last four matchups, including two tournament games. The Leopards are now 7-3-1 all-time against the Quakers, which includes a 4-2 record when playing at Salem.
This is the fourth time Louisville hast shutout Salem. The last time came in their only other tournament meeting in 2021, the Leopards won that DI Akron East Sectional by a 2-0 count.
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Leopards Wins 8th Straight Tournament Opener
With the victory, the Leopards improve to 24-25 all-time in the postseason. Louisville is now 10-16 when playing on the road in the tournament all-time and is now 2-1 since moving to Division III last season.
The Leopards have now won a tournament game in each of the past eight seasons under Head Coach Jared Komo. This also marks the seventh straight year that Louisville has won a sectional title, with this being the 11th sectional title in team history.
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Louisville at Marlington District Rematch Set for Next Thursday
The Leopards will look to punch a ticket to their second-even district championship game when they travel to take on the Marlington Dukes in the District Semifinals next week.
The #9-seeded Dukes blanked the visiting #48-seeded Ravenna Ravens 10-0 in their sectional final Tuesday. Louisville and Marlington played to a scoreless tie earlier this season on September 13. The Dukes defeated the Leopards 1-0 in last year’s District Semifinals. The two teams will look to finish what they started on September 13 and Louisville will look to avenge last year’s district semifinal loss when the two rivals meet at Marlington next Thursday.
UP Next: The #19 seed Leopards will travel to take on the #9 seed Marlington Dukes in the Division III, Northeast 1 District Semifinals on Thursday, October 23. Game time is set for 7:00 PM from the Marlington Soccer Stadium.
DIII Northeast Boys Soccer Tournament Sectional Final Scores
Northeast 1
Wednesday, October 15
at #9 Marlington 10, #48 Ravenna 0
#19 Louisville 4, at #18 Salem 0
Saturday, October 18
#26 Streetsboro at #13 Kent Roosevelt, 7:00
Northeast 2
Wednesday, October 15
#20 Kenston 2, #24 Grafton Midview 1, Shootout
#23 Alliance 4, #29 Madison 0
#8 Padua Franciscan 9, #36 Cleveland Garrett Morgan 0
Saturday, October 18
#39 Elyria Catholic at #7 CVCA, 7:00
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Louisville at Salem Boys Varsity Soccer Box Score
LEOPARDS 4, QUAKERS 0
Team 1-2–TOTAL
Louisville 2-2–04
Salem 0-0–00
1st Half
LOUISVILLE – Carter Burton (Raiden Lindner) | LHS 1, SHS 0
LOUISVILLE – Maddox Mayle (Carter Burton) | LHS 2, SHS 0
2nd Half
LOUISVILLE – Maddox Mayle (Maddox Rodriguez) | LHS 3, SHS 0
LOUISVILLE – Jax Lindner (Carter Burton) | LHS 4, SHS 0
Records: Louisville 8-7-2, Salem 11-4-3
