The Dominican University men’s soccer team remained unbeaten on the season and moved to 5-0-0 in the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) with a convincing 6-0 win over the Edgewood College Eagles in River Forest on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore
Ryan Roberts tallied a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the seventh minute of play. Roberts briefly had credit for a third goal as he was the closest to the ball served by
Mike Kapusta on one of Dominican’s 11 corner kicks on the afternoon, but the goal was ruled an own goal, caroming off an Edgewood defender before finding the back of the Eagles’ goal.
Jeff Atkins notched his second goal of the season with a header off of a corner kick from
Nick Kulas in the 53
rd minute. The goal gave the Stars a 3-0 advantage at the time and was one of four second half scores for Dominican.
Sophomore
Leo Elizalde rounded out the Stars’ offensive outburst with a pair of goals in the final 13 minutes of play.
Sophomore
Edwin Lagunas picked up three points on the afternoon, logging three assists, including assisting on Roberts’ game-winner.
Dominican controlled the pace of play all afternoon, outshooting the Eagles 19-3, putting eight shots on frame compared to just one shot on goal for Edgewood. The Stars also held an 11-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Junior goalkeeper
Maxwell Gutbrod picked up his seventh shutout of the season, lowering his goals against average to 0.22 in 810 minutes on the season.
Dominican will return to action on Wednesday, traveling to Aurora, Ill., to take on the Aurora University Spartans in a battle of the last two unbeaten teams in NAC play. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.