RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team lost for the first time in conference play, suffering a one-goal defeat at the hands of Dominican University on the road Wednesday afternoon.

FINAL SCORE
Dominican 2, Benedictine 1

THE DETAILS
• Dominican wasted no time in opening the scoring
• Shawn Chervets denied a free kick in the third minute but allowed a rebound
• Dominican picked up the rebound and put it into the open net
• Hayden Van Son produced the first chance for Benedictine in the eighth minute, a header on target that was saved
• Both teams traded chances during the middle of the half
• Dominican slipped a feed pass the defense in the 31st minute to move ahead 2-0
• Down 2-0 at the half to the preseason conference favorites, Benedictine attempted to slice into the deficit early in the second
• Lukasz Sulka was denied in the 54th minute
• Benedictine was able to break through in the 60th minute
• Van Son elevated in the box to head home a high arcing pass to the back post in a play the ended in a scrum
• Yair Ortega provided the primary assist with Sulka adding the secondary
• Benedictine would have five attempts to tie including a pair in the final five minutes but could not even the score
• Dominican held a 16-10 advantage in shots
• Benedictine produced seven shots in the final 45
• Chervets halted four shots in net

UP NEXT
Benedictine (7-5, 4-1 NACC) hosts Lakeland on Saturday night