River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team was back at West Campus Field to wrap up a 4-game home stand against the Eagles of Edgewood.
Results:
Dominican: 1
Edgewood: 2
How It Happened:
-Dominican was on the front foot right off the bat, with Sophomore
Eduardo Lopez earning the first shot of the match, just 54 seconds into the game. The shot missed the target.
-The Eagles earned back-to-back shots, with Junior Roberto Navarro Mercardo collecting a save on one of the shots.
-The Stars found some momentum around the 24
th minute of the match with three straight shots. Graduate Student
Cole Wood collected two of those shots. Junior
Jonathan Almaguer added the other.
-Navarro Mercardo continued to let hold the score at 0-0 with two saves, one right after the other in the 29
th minute of the match.
-Junior
Juan Carlos Munoz made his first start of the season and fired a shot on target in the 39
th minute of the match, this created chaos in front of the net, and Wood scored the first goal of the game in the 40
th minute. Senior
Tristen Banquil earned the assist on the goal.
-Dominican went into the break with a 1-0 lead and collected 7 shots in the half.
-Junior Rounak Nande fired a shot on target 52 seconds into the second half, it was saved by the Eagles keeper and sent up the field quickly, which resulted in the equalizer being scored on the counterattack.
-Edgewood hunting for their second goal of the match, taking the next 5 shots, Navarro Mercado made a save on the three shots that found the target.
-Lopez and Almaguer tried to swing momentum back to DU's favor with a shot of their own, but a yellow card by Carlos Munoz swings it back to the Eagles sideline.
-In the 74
th minute of the match Edgewood took the lead from a goal scored outside the 18-yard box.
-Dominican quickly on the counterattack after giving up the lead, Banquil open in the box fires a shot that hit the right post and stayed out of the net.
-The Stars collected two more shots in the match, with one of them being on the target, but unable to find the equalizer. Banquil and Almaguer earn the shots.
-Dominican collected 9 shots in the second half and 16 in the whole match. 6 of those shots were on the target.
-4 yellow cards were handed out in today's match. 3 of them being assessed in the second half.
Shining Stars:
-Graduate Student
Cole Wood scored the only goal for the Stars. Wood earned 3 shots in total in his 90 minutes of play this afternoon.
-Senior
Tristen Banquil played all 90 minutes with 4 shots and an assist.
-Junior
Jonathan Almaguer collected 3 shots, 2 of those shots were on goal.
-Junior
Juan Carlos Munoz added 2 shots in the match.
-Junior
Roberto Navarro Mercado made 8 saves in the match.
Leading the Way:
Goals: Wood (1)
Assists: Banquil (1)
Shots: Banquil (4)
Shots on Goal: Almaguer (2)
Saves: Navarro Mercado (8)
Minutes: Banquil, Geraghty, Navarro Mercado, and Almaguer (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Soccer moves to 4-4-2 (2-3-2 NACC) on the season. The Stars will start a three-game road trip on Wednesday evening, as they travel to Illinois Tech to take on the Scarlett Hawks. Kick-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
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