RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team battled the elements in recording a shutout of Concordia Chicago.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 2, Concordia Chicago 0

THE DETAILS
- Both goals for Benedictine came in the first half
- Benedictine set the tone early with four shots in the opening 15 minutes of the contest
- Manav Soorma logged three shots including one on target in the ninth minute
- Hayden Van Son also created an opportunity
- The momentum shifted late in the first half
- Lukasz Sulka put Benedictine on the board in the 42nd minute by converting on a penalty kick
- Just over two minutes later, Michal Szaflarski converted on a free kick to make the score 2-0
- Szaflarski also had a chance in the closing moments of the half
- The second half was affected by weather with a stoppage due to lightning
- Neither team was able to score in the final 45

STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine held a 17-4 advantage in shots, playing stout defense
- 11 of the shots were on target
- Benedictine also held a 12-6 edge in corner kicks
- Sal Tamayo recorded the clean sheet, stopping three shots in goal
- Omar Barragan totaled five shots to pace the attack
- Soorma and Szaflarski both tallied four shots

UP NEXT
Benedictine (2-2-1, 2-2-1 NACC) hosts Rockford on Sunday afternoon.