NAPERVILLE, IL - The Benedictine University men's soccer team opened the 2021 season with a loss at North Central.

FINAL SCORE
North Central 2, Benedictine 0

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine posted a pair of early chances with Michal Szaflarski and Shun Tanaka putting attempts on goal in the first five minutes
• An early penalty set up a PK for North Central, converting in the eighth minute to nab the lead
• Hayden Van Son put a shot on target late in the opening 45 in an attempt to tie that was halted
• Omar Barragan created an early opportunity for the equalizer in the second but was denied
• North Central added to the lead with the final goal in the 54th minute

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine finished with seven shots, putting five on goal
• Tanaka put two shots on target while Szaflarski and Barragan both tallied two attempts
• Chris Rubio stopped four shots in goal

UP NEXT
Benedictine (0-1) travels to Millikin on Friday night