DE PERE, WI - The Benedictine University men's soccer team handed the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference champions just their second defeat and officially secured a spot in the conference tournament with a shutout of St. Norbert on the road Sunday.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 1, St. Norbert 0

THE DETAILS
- Both teams generated early chances
- Hayden Van Son put a shot on goal in the fourth minute and Fernando Alvarez was denied in the eighth minute
- Action slowed down as both teams strengthened on defense to limit further opportunities in the opening 45
- St. Norbert recorded a pair of early corner kicks but did not produce a shot
- The only goal of the game came in the 57th minute
- Van Son headed home a serve into the far crease set up by Mike Bassier and Alvarez
- Benedictine continued to play stout on defense and Chris Rubio stood tall in goal to preserve the blank sheet

STAT LEADERS
- The contest featured just 14 combined shots with Benedictine holding a 9-5 edge
- Benedictine put four shots on goal
- Van Son and David Szaflarski both notched three shots to lead the offense
- Rubio recorded three saves in net

UP NEXT
Benedictine (11-3-2, 8-2-1 NACC) visits Aurora on Wednesday in the regular season finale