LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team is bound for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993 after winning the program's first NACC Tournament Championship with a 3-0 blanking of sixth-seeded Wisconsin Lutheran College before a boisterous crowd.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 0
THE DETAILS
• Wisconsin Lutheran had scored back-to-back decisions on the road as the lowest seeded team in the tournament
• The visitors came out early before Benedictine began to turn the momentum
• Erik Stammer opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, picking up a deflection of a free kick and firing home a shot high over the keeper from 15 yards out
• The goal marked the ninth of the year for the second team all-conference performer
• Just seven minutes later Stammer was involved again, pushing a pass through the defense to enable
Nick Kapetanos to extend the advantage
• Kapetanos, the NACC Offensive Player of the Year, owns 26 goals this season
• Holding a 2-0 advantage at halftime, Benedictine quickly padded the advantage in the second half
• Pedro Parra fired home a deflection in the 50th minute for the final tally of the day with his second strike of the year
• Benedictine won more games in the tournament this season than in program history entering 2016
• Benedictine posted shutouts in both games of the tournament
STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine held a 19-8 advantage in shots, dictating the second half tempo
• Antonio Marti-Polo recorded three saves in goal, helping the defense to a ninth shutout
• Kapetanos finished with four shots while Stammer and
Santiago Beltran each tallied three
UP NEXT
Benedictine (14-4-2) will play in the NCAA Tournament next weekend. Pairings will be announced on Monday at 12:00 p.m.
