Verona, Wis. - The Dominican University men's soccer team traveled to Madison to take on the Eagles of Edgewood College. Both sides made up the top 2 in the NACC heading into Wednesday night's contest.
Results:
Edgewood: 2
Dominican: 0
How it Happened:
-The Stars would press early on with a shot by 5
th-year Student
Oscar Montejano, but the effort was denied by the Eagle Keeper.
-Edgewood would break the deadlock in the 40
th minute.
-The score would remain 1-0 in favor of Edgewood heading into halftime. Dominican registered 5 shots in the first half while 4 found the target.
-DU would look to find an equalizer as shots from 5
th-year student
Oleksandr Melnyk and Senior
Dylan Alic were saved.
-In the 86
th minute, Edgewood would double their lead.
-The 2-0 result would hold until the full-time whistle. The Stars finished with 7 shots on target in the match.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
John Cronnolly had 3 shots with 2 of them on goal.
-5
th-year Student
Oleksandr Melnyk finished with 2 shots, 1 of them finding the target.
-Freshman
Jonathan Almaguer had 2 shots coming off the bench.
-Senior
Shane Marinkovich and Junior
Oscar Cerritos combined to make 7 saves.
Leading the Way:
Shots: Cronnolly (3)
SOG: Cronnolly (2)
Saves: Cerritos (4)
Minutes: 4 Players (90)
What's Next:
Dominican will head to Milwaukee on Saturday, October 19
th as they look to get back in the win column against Wisconsin Lutheran. Kick-off is slated for 1:00 p.m.
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