River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Men's Soccer team returned to West Campus Field for their final home match of the season.
Match Results:
Dominican: 1
Wisconsin Lutheran: 0
How It Happened:
-WLC earned the first shot of the match just 30 seconds into the match, but it missed the net.
-The Stars got their first shots in the match shortly after with Graduate Student
Cole Wood and Junior
Nolan Oates, but both shots missed the target.
-Junior goalkeeper
Roberto Navarro Mercado made his first save in the 8
th minute of the match.
-Dominican struck some momentum with three straight shots in the match. Senior
Tristen Banquil, Junior
Jonathan Almaguer, and Oates all had a shot, but not one was on the target.
-DU continued with their foot on the gas as they earned a penalty from a handball in the box. Banquil stepped up to take the penalty and buried it in the top left corner of the net to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.
-Dominican was hunting for that second goal as Junior
Yael Gonzalez, Junior Juan Carloz Munoz, and Sophomore
Eduardo Lopez all added three more shots. Gonzalez and Lopez's shots were saved by the WLC keeper.
-The Stars collected 12 shots in the first half along with 3 corner kicks.
-DU picked up right where they left off with Almaguer and Lopez putting shots on target. Lopez had two shots on target in the first 13 minutes of the second half.
-Just 8 minutes later, Banquil and Sophomore
Rogelio Cisneros added more shots that found the target, both were saved by the Warrior goalie.
-Wisconsin Lutheran swung the momentum back into their sideline with multiple shots as the second half continued. Freshman goalkeeper Alexander Julian Garcia made saves on the two shots that were on the target.
-Dominican's defense held the Warriors in the final 7 minutes of play to earn a much needed three points in the conference table.
-The Stars collected 20 shots in the match with 9 of those being on target, despite being outshot in the second half.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
Tristen Banquil scored the lone goal in the match to give Dominican the win. Banquil also collected 5 shots, 2 of those being on target.
-Sophomore
Eduardo Lopez played in 73 minutes with 3 shots, and all 3 were on target.
-Junior Jonatan Almaguer earned Star of the Match in his 90 minutes of play. Almaguer also added 2 shots, with 1 of those being on frame.
-Junior
Yael Gonzalez played in 39 minutes and collected 2 shots on target.
-Junior
Roberto Navarro Mercado picked up a save in the win.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia collected 2 saves in the win.
Leading the Way:
Goals: Banquil (1)
Assists: N/A
Shots: Banquil (5)
Shots on Goal: Lopez (3)
Saves: Garcia (2)
Minutes: 4 players (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Soccer moves to 5-5-4 (3-4-4 NACC) on the season. The Stars will finish up the 2026 regular season right down Division Street. Kick-off in the Division Street Rivalry is set for 2:00 p.m., as Dominican would like to make it two straight wins before the conference tournament at Concordia Chicago.
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