Plymouth, Wis. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team headed to Wisconsin to face Lakeland, looking to get back into the Win Column on Saturday afternoon.
Results:
Dominican: 0
Lakeland: 0
How It Happened:
-The first three shots of the match came from the Muskies from the 10-minute mark to the 14
th minute. Junior starting goalkeeper
Roberto Navarro Mercado made two saves on these three shots. The other missed the target.
-Navarro Mercado continued to keep the match scoreless as he made another save in the 16
th minute.
-Navarro Mercado was busy in the first 26 minutes of the match as he made another save in the 26
th minute to tag 4 first-half saves.
-The Stars first shot of the match was taken in the 38
th minute by Senior
Tristen Banquil that was saved by the Muskies' keeper.
-Banquil earned two more shots in the final two minutes of the first half, but both shots did not hit the target.
-The score was 0-0, going into the halftime break. Both teams were fairly even in the first half. Dominican collected 3 shots on 2 corners while making 4 saves.
-Lakeland had the upper hand to start the second half with two shots in the first 14 minutes of the half.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia came in as the keeper at the start of the second half and made his first save in the 67
th minute of the match to keep the score tied at 0.
-In the 68
th minute of the match, Dominican earned their first shot of the second half by Junior
Jonathan Almaguer that was on target but saved by Lakeland's keeper.
-Garcia made his second save of the match in the 70
th minute of the second half.
-Junior
Yael Gonzalez had an opportunity to take a shot for the Stars in the 77
th minute but missed the target.
-The Muskies tried to make a push in the last couple minutes of the match by earning three shots in the final three minutes. All of them were off target.
-The Stars were outshot 7-2 in the second half, but only 2 of those shots by Lakeland were on target, and both stayed out of the back of the net.
-DU collected 5 shots in the match, with two of them being on target. They also earned 4 corners in the match.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
Tristen Banquil led the way for the Stars with 3 shots, one of those shots found the target.
-Junior Jonathan Alamguer collected a shot on target in the match.
-Junior
Roberto Navarro Mercado saved 4 of the 5 shots he faced in his half of work in the net for Dominican.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia made 2 saves in the second half.
Leading the Way:
Goals: N/A
Assists: N/A
Shots: Banquil (3)
Shots on Goal: Almaguer and Banquil (1)
Saves: Navarro Mercado (4)
Minutes: 6 Players (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Soccer moves to 4-5-3 (2-4-3 NACC) on the season. The Stars will wrap up their three-game road trip on Wednesday night. They will travel to Benedictine University for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff against the Eagles.
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