LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team built a big first half lead and motored to a second consecutive conference victory.


Benedictine 8, Rockford 2


• Less than two minutes into the contest Nick Kapetanos drove home a feed from Erik Stammer to put Benedictine on the board
• Just over a minute later Kapetanos struck again on a cross following a free kick
• Stammer and Alexis Gutierrez assisted on the goal
• Kapetanos and Stammer helped set up Lukasz Sulka in the 12th minute, making the lead 3-0
• Stammer and Sulka scored two minutes apart to extend the lead to 5-0
• Benedictine led 6-1 at the half
• The second half saw extended playing time for others on the roster
• 23 players saw action in the contest
• George Soipan netted the first goal of his collegiate career in the 80th minute


• Benedictine held a 24-14 advantage in shots with 13 on goal
• 10 different players registered a point
• Kapetanos scored twice and added an assist
• Elber Haro and Sulka also scored twice
• Stammer finished with a goal and three assists
• Gutierrez picked up a pair of helpers
• Shawn Chervets played the entire game in goal and made four saves


Benedictine (9-5, 4-2 NACC) plays a key conference road contest on Saturday afternoon at MSOE