LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team handed Dominican University their first loss of the season on Wednesday night at home.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, Dominican 2

THE DETAILS
• The build-up started before the match when the lone senior, Lukasz Sulka, was honored
• Sulka scored over 30 goals in his career
• The senior got in the act early
• Just over two minutes into the game Yusuf Sahin served a ball towards the box that was headed forward by Hayden Van Son to Sulka, who blasted home the first goal
• Dominican scored late in the first half to tie the game headed to the half
• The visitors took the lead for the first time in the 59th minute
• The lead was short lived as Benedictine evened the slate just over a minute later
• Van Son set up Omar Barragan with the equalizer
• Sulka assisted on the game-winner, directing an initial shot towards the goal that was collected by Michal Szaflarski and guided into the goal for the winner in the 62nd minute
• The defense locked in tight and prevented several Dominican advances to grab the win
• The victory marked a third in a row for Benedictine, who is unbeaten in the last four matches
• Dominican won a 2-1 decision earlier this year with a goal in the final two minutes and was unbeaten in 20 straight conference contests

STAT LEADERS
• Dominican held a 13-11 advantage in shots but put only three on goal
• Van Son posted four shots for Benedictine
• Sal Tamayo stopped one shot in goal

UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-2-1, 3-2-1 NACC) will play in the conference tournament next week against an opponent to be determined