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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team defeated Northwestern College 6-2 this afternoon in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) semifinal match at Saints Field.
The Saints move on to face the University of Minnesota-Morris in the UMAC Tournament Championship match. Morris defeated Crown College today 9-1 in the other semifinal. Morris edged the Saints in last year's championship match.
CSS got on the board 10 minutes into the match with a goal from #Toby Peter# (
Jr.-Spalt, Germany/J.S. Bach), his sixth of the season. #Cody Sveiven# (
Jr.-Coon Rapids, Minn.) and #Courtney Bonnick# (
So.-Nottingham, England/Haywood Comprehensive) had the assists. #Jermaine Dacres# (
Jr.-Nottingham, England/Comprehensive) added his fifth of the season in the 32nd minute when he struck a ball that deflected off a defender and in to make it 2-0. Sveiven and #Sam Reed# (
So.-Eastbourne, England, Causeway) had the assists.
Dacres scored again in the 43rd minute with an assist from Peter to extend the lead to 3-0. That was the score at halftime as the Saints out-shot the Eagles 11-1 in the first half.
St. Scholastica kept it going in the second half as #Jim Atol# (
Jr.-Duluth, Minn./East) netted his third of the season with an assist from Bonnick and Peter to make it 4-0. The assist from Peter moved him up to seventh on the Saints' all-time scoring list with his 81st career point.
After the Eagles added their first goal, the Saints got it right back when
Cody Sveiven (Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) scored his fourth on the campaign. #Andrew Ndekwe# (
Jr.-Minneapolis, Minn./South) and #Dustin James# (
Jr.-Superior, Wis.) had the assists.
The Saints again answered another Northwestern goal in the 88th minute when #Josh Odukomaya# (
Fr.-White City, Sask./Luther College HS) got into the action and had his sixth tally of the season to make the final score 6-2 CSS. Sveiven had his third assist of the day on the goal.
Sam Reed (Eastbourne, England/Causeway School) had four saves to earn the win for St. Scholastica. Danny King had three saves in the loss for Northwestern.
The Saints improve to 16-2-3 on the season, while the Eagles end with a record of 7-13-1. The 16 wins by the Saints is the second-most in a season in program history. CSS has not lost a UMAC Tournament first round match since the 1998 season.
CSS and Morris will kickoff for the championship on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Big Cat Stadium in Morris, Minn.
