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Dominican University Athletics

THE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE OF THE DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY STARS OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Eli Sherman
1
Marian University MU (3-6-0, 0-3-0 NACC)
3
Winner Dominican University DU (4-4-2, 2-1-0 NACC)
Marian University MU
(3-6-0, 0-3-0 NACC)
1
Final
3
Dominican University DU
(4-4-2, 2-1-0 NACC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Marian University MU 0 1 1
Dominican University DU 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Stars Top Sabres In Conference Play

The Dominican University men's soccer team got back on track in River Forest Saturday afternoon, topping the Marian University Sabres 3-1 in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) action.
 
"It was nice to get some quality minutes from some of the guys off the bench today," commented Dominican University head coach Erick Baumann. "They came in and made a nice impact on the game."
 
The Stars got on the board early, scoring in just the second minute of play after Gabriel Garcia (Midway, Ill.) and Nestor Ascencio (Streamwood, Ill.) played a short-corner set piece into the box where Eli Sherman (Columbia, Mo.) was able to get on the end of the service into the box and drive a header into the Sabres' goal for the early lead.
 
Despite playing with the lead for the next 55 minutes and outshooting the Sabres 22-6 for the game, Marian was able to even the score in the 57th minute when Danny Heerhold connected with Jeroham Duran who notched his fourth goal of the season.
 
Dominican pulled back out in front in the 62nd minute when Ryan Ybarra (Des Plaines, Ill.) won a ball in the middle of the field and then played a ball to Carmelo DiFranco (Addison, Ill.).  After working towards the endline, DiFranco started to backtrack before laying a pass to Carmelo Abate (Bartlett, Ill.) to lead him into the box.  Abate cut one defender and was able to fire a shot with his left foot inside the far post.
 
The final score came 14 minutes later when Neftali Alejandre (Pilsen, Ill.) worked to gain the endline, shaking one defender before sending a cross through the six-yard box where Francisco Nava (Carpentersville, Ill.) was able to knock in his first goal of the season.
 
"It was nice to get a win but we need to work and continue to improve to get to a point where we can put together a solid 90 minutes and come away with a clean sheet," said Baumann.
 
With the win, Dominican improve to 4-4-2 on the season and 2-1-0 in the NACC.  The Stars will be on the road on Wednesday, heading to Aurora to face the Aurora University Spartans.  Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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