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Dominican University Athletics

THE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE OF THE DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY STARS OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Jonathan Hernandez
Bill Calvert
3
Winner Dominican DU (11-2-2, 7-0 NACC)
1
Benedictine (IL) BENU (5-6-1, 5-2 NACC)
Winner
Dominican DU
(11-2-2, 7-0 NACC)
3
Final
1
Benedictine (IL) BENU
(5-6-1, 5-2 NACC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dominican DU 1 2 3
Benedictine (IL) BENU 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Stars Take Down Eagles

The Dominican University men's soccer team kept pace atop the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) standings with a 3-1 win at Benedictine University on Wednesday evening.  The Stars scored a pair of second half goals after the Eagles had leveled the score at 1-1 to improve to 11-2-2 on the season and a perfect 7-0-0 in league play.
 
"It was a wild game full of intensity tonight," commented Erick Baumann, the Stars' head men's soccer coach. "They play a difficult style to play against but we did a pretty good job of defending it. While we gave up a goal that we should not have conceded, we dealt with it and then went on to put the game away. We want to go 1-0 on the day every day, and tonight we did just that."
 
Isaac Perez netted his league-leading 13th goal of the season in the 31st minute of play, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.  The senior was on the receiving end of a slotted pass after Vicente Castro gained the endline on the left side before playing Hernandez who poked a pass for Perez near the middle of the six-yard box.
 
The Stars carried the 1-0 lead into the second half until the Eagles leveled the score in 55th minute with a shot from 25 yards out by Lukasz Sulka.
 
The Stars quickly rebounded, retaking the lead less than ninety seconds later when Hernandez got on the end of Castro's restart service, heading home his ninth goal of the season.  The Stars then tacked on an insurance goal in the 61st minute, this time with Castro finishing off the restart himself when he curled a shot inside the back post from 19 yards out.
 
The Stars dominated the stat sheet in the win, outshooting the Eagles 15-6 while allowing just the one shot on goal.
 
The Stars, winners of their last eight contests, will look to run their winning streak to nine matches on Saturday, hosting the Edgewood College Eagles for a noon kickoff.  The Stars will then host Concordia Chicago next Wednesday before hitting the road for the final two matches of the season, including an October 30th matchup with the Aurora University Spartans who sit atop the league standings with Dominican at 7-0-0 in conference play.
 
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