LISLE, Ill. - The Benedictine University men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Concordia University Wisconsin at home on Wednesday night.
FINAL SCOREConcordia Wisconsin 1, Benedictine 0
THE DETAILS• After many early chances for Benedictine, Concordia Wisconsin scored the only goal in the 39th minute, converting a cross with a diving header
• The contest featured lots of end-to-end action
• Erik Stammer collected back-to-back shots following a corner kick in the 72nd minute
• With less than two minutes remaining,
Nick Kapetanos had a breakaway attempt to tie the game denied
FROM THE COACH"Give CUW the credit they deserve for the victory," head coach
Rich Nassif said. "They came in with a clear game plan to keep us from playing our brand of soccer and it was effective. They had a bend but not break attitude, and we missed our opportunities to break them early in the match. They made a game changing play on one of their two quality chances while we had three quality chances that their goalkeeper responded to and we wasted 14 corner kick opportunities. The loss to CUW marks our seventh loss of the year, all by one goal. Clearly, we need to be better in these tight matches and it starts with our fight and our approach. We have the makings of being a very difficult team to compete with, we just need to turn the heat up for a full 90 minutes and make teams deal with everything we can throw at them."
STAT LEADERS• Benedictine had 14 corner kicks in the game, including 11 in the first half with six coming in the first eight minutes
• Concordia Wisconsin held an 11-10 advantage in shots but Benedictine notched a 6-5 edge in the second half
• Kapetanos notched four shots
• Steve Mack stopped four shots in net
UP NEXTBenedictine (5-7, 2-2 NACC) will attempt to rebound on Saturday afternoon against Wisconsin Lutheran at 5:00 p.m. following the football game
