River Forest, Ill.—The Dominican University Men's Soccer team headed down the street to face off against the Cougars to wrap up their regular season.
Match Results:
Dominican: 1
Concordia Chicago: 1
How It Happened:
-The first shot of the match came in the 16
th minute by CUC, the shot missed the target.
-Dominican earned their first shot of the match in the 19
th minute of the match, with Junior
Yael Gonzalez collecting the shot. The Cougar keeper made the save on Gonzalez's shot.
-Junior keeper
Roberto Navarro Mercado made his first save in the 23
rd minute of the match.
-The match opened up in the final 12 minutes of the first half with 8 shots in those final minutes of the half. Senior
Tristen Banquil collected two of the three DU shots, one of them found the target but was saved by the goalie. Graduate Student
Cole Wood added a shot in the final shot of the half in the 44
th minute, the keeper saved this shot also.
-The score was 0-0 going into the break, with Dominican earning 4 shots in the half and 1 corner kick.
-After the first half closed with a bunch of shots by both teams, the second half only saw 4 shots in the first 12 minutes. The Stars had three of those, with Junior
Jonathan Almaguer, Sophomore Eduardo Loepz, and Banquil all earning shots.
-Concordia Chicago struck first in the 58
th minute of the second half, taking a 1-0 lead.
-Dominican now behind the goal, pushing up the pressure, and it worked out with back-to-back shots on target. One by Banquil, the other by Senior
Ciaran Geraghty.
-Geraghty buried the equalizer on a free kick near the corner. Almaguer sent the ball into the box, where it found the head of the Geraghty to tie the match up at 1.
-Now with the match tied, Banquil collected two more shots on target, but both were saved by the keeper.
-Concordia Chicago put the pressure on the Stars to end the match with 6 shots in the final 13 minutes. Freshman keeper Alexander Julian Garcia made saves on all three shots that were on target.
-The Cougars hit the woodwork twice in the match.
-The Stars collected 11 shots in the second half and earned 15 shots in the match.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
Ciaran Geraghty earned his first goal of the season to tie the match up. Geraghty earned two shots on target in his 90 minutes.
-Junior
Jonathan Almaguer added an assist.
-Senior
Tristen Banquil collected 6 total shots in the match with 4 of those being on target.
-Graduate
Cole Wood played all 90 minutes and earned 2 shots, with 1 of those being on target.
-Junior
Roberto Navarro Mercado collected a save.
-Freshman Alexander Julian Garcia added 3 saves to his name today.
Leading the Way:
Goals: Geraghty (1)
Assists: Almaguer
Shots: Banquil (6)
Shots on Goal: Banquil (4)
Saves: Garcia (3)
Minutes: 5 players (90)
What's Next:
Dominican University Men's Soccer moves to 5-5-5 (3-4-5 NACC) on the season. The Stars will move on to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament this weekend. DUMSOC is the 8
th seed in the tournament and will be on the road for the entirety of the tournament. They are awaiting their opponent for the quarterfinal match of the tournament. The quarterfinal match is set for November 1
st, with more information to come on opponent and time.
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