River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team finished their regular season hosting Concordia University Chicago at West Campus Field Wednesday afternoon.
Results:
Dominican: 4
Concordia Chicago: 0
How It Happened:
-Junior Tristan Banquil started the match off with 2 shots but was unable to get it past the Cougars goalie.
-In the 35
th minute, freshman
Enzo Cinque had the stands on their feet with a shot that hit the left woodwork.
-In the 43
rd minute of the match, Concordia received a red card that put the Cougars down to 10 players for the remainder of the match.
-Cinque collected his second shot of the first half, which was saved by the Concordia goalie.
-Freshman
Rogelio Cisneros got the Stars on the board in the 50
th minute with help from sophomore
Jonathan Almaguer.
-3 minutes later, freshman
Vinni DaSilva adds on to Dominican's lead with the assist coming from junior
Nicholas Porada.
-In the 58
th minute, DaSilva collected his second goal of the match with the pass coming from Junior
Joshua Trujillo.
-The Stars were able to increase their lead with
Enzo Cinque able to connect for his 4
th goal of the season.
Shining Stars:
-Freshman
Vinni DaSilva had himself a day collecting with 2 goals and 5 shots.
-Freshman
Enzo Cinque added to his resume with a goal and 5 shots.
-Freshman
Rogelio Cisneros continued firing, registering a goal and 3 shots.
-Junior
Nicholas Porada and Sophomore
Jonathan Almaguer both had an assist and a shot. -Freshman
Cody Leyba and Freshman
Joshua Memmelaar combined for 4 saves.
Leading the Way:
Goals: DaSilva (2)
Assists: Porada, Trujillo, and Almaguer (1)
Shots: Cinque and DaSilva (5)
Shots on Goal: Cinque and DaSilva (3)
Saves: Memmelaar and Leyba (2)
Minutes: Manual and Geraghty (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Soccer improves to 7-7-4 (7-3-2 NACC) on the season. The Stars are currently in the 5
th spot of the NACC but could move down to 6th. They are currently awaiting their first-round matchup that will be played on Saturday, November 1
st.
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