The Benedictine University men's soccer team remained the only unbeaten team in conference play by running their unbeaten streak to nine with a road win at Marian on Saturday afternoon.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 2, Marian 1
THE DETAILS
- Benedictine wasted no time in taking the lead
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Ari Hernandez scored in the second minute of the contest on a feed from
Kamil Bak
- The pressure remained on for much of the opening 45
- Marian took advantage of consecutive corner kicks late in the half to tie the match with under two minutes remaining
- A long stretch on the Marian side produced the winning goal in the 62nd minute
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Krystof Cicha broke the deadlock by converting a pass from
Joaquin Terrezas to account for the game-winner
- Marian had several chances late but the Benedictine defense was able to hold on for the win
STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine posted 11 shots in each half anf held an overall advantage of 22-13
- 13 of the shots ended up on target
- Benedictine also recorded 12 corner kicks in the victory
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Jacob Skupien finished with six shots in the win including three on goal
- Cicha, Bak and
Hubert Grele all notched three shots
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Abrahm Tiburcio made five saves in net
UP NEXT
Benedictine (5-3-6, 4-0-5 NACC) hosts Dominican on Wednesday night.
