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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team scored a season-high seven goals on its way to a 7-2 victory this afternoon over Crown College at Saints Field.
The Saints improve to 11-1-2 overall and 8-1-1 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The Storm fall to 4-9-1 overall and 3-5-1 in the conference. The seven goals scored by the Saints matched their total from the last five matches.
It did not take very long as 54 seconds into the contest #Jermaine Dacres# (
Jr.-Nottingham, England/Haywood Comprehensive) scored his second goal of the season. #Brandon Stemwedel# (
So.-Grand Rapids, Minn.) and #Greg Doornink# (
Jr.-Cottage Grove, Minn./Park) had the assists. CSS kept the pressure on and in the 21st minute #Erik Trochimchuk# (
Fr.-Thunder Bay, Ont./Hammarskjold) got a great pass from #Toby Peter# (
Jr.-Spalt, Germany/J.S. Bach) and scored his fifth goal on the campaign to make it 2-0. Peter moved into ninth on the Saints' all-time scoring list with the assist.
The Storm cut the lead in half in the 29th minute when Nathan Greene scored off of a rebound. The Saints got that goal right back as #Courtney Bonnick# (
So.-Nottingham, England/Haywood Comprehensive), who returned from injury after missing the last six matches, scored off of a
Jermaine Dacres (Nottingham, England/Haywood School) corner kick. Less than three minutes later,
Toby Peter (Spalt, Germany/J.S. Bach Gymnasium) netted his third goal on the year with an assist from Bonnick to make it 4-1 at halftime.
St. Scholastica got an own goal three minutes into the second half and then three minutes after that,
Jermaine Dacres (Nottingham, England/Haywood School) scored his second on the day to extend the lead to 6-1. Stemwedel and #Bryan Olson# (
So.-South St. Paul, Minn.) had the assists.
Erik Trochimchuk (Thunder Bay, Ontario/Hammarskjold HS) also scored his second goal on the afternoon in the 82nd minute to make it 7-1. #Asos Amin# (
So.-Vasteras, Sweden) had the assist. Crown added a late goal to make the final score 7-2.
The Saints out-shot the Storm 34-6 in the match. #Sam Reed# (
So.-Eastbourne, England/Causeway) stopped three shots to earn the win for the Saints, while Crown's John Loeffler made some nice saves, but ended up with the loss.
The Saints will host Northwestern College tomorrow at Saints Field. The match is scheduled to begin at approximately 2 p.m., following the women's match. It can be seen live courtesy of the iFan Sports Network at csssaints.com.
