LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team kicked off conference action by scoring twice late to pull away from Concordia University Chicago at home on Wednesday night.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, Concordia Chicago 1
THE DETAILS
• Benedictine opened the scoring in the 21st minute of the contest
• Shawn Chervets served a goal kick to the head of
Hayden Van Son, who played the ball forward to
Erik Stammer
• Stammer waited for the defense to commit and changed directions before playing the ball through and into the goal (
HIGHLIGHT)
• Benedictine produced several chances late in the half but could not further the lead
• Concordia Chicago evened the game early in the second half
• The visitors hit the post and picked up the rebound to even the score
• Playing up a man late, Benedictine broke through in the 81st minute
• Rogelio Delatorre drove home a cross following a rebound of a shot from Stammer (
HIGHLIGHT)
• Less than a minute later a foul in the box enabled Benedictine to put the game away with a penalty kick
• Elber Haro converted to account for the final (
HIGHLIGHT)
• Benedictine held a 13-8 advantage in shots but the second half was equal with each side notching six
• Chervets posted three saves in the victory
UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-4, 1-0 NACC) welcomes Concordia Wisconsin on Saturday night in the fourth match over an eight-day span
