Notables:
-CSS and Concordia are tied 11-11-1 all-time
-CSS is 3-0-1 in the last three meetings with Concordia
-Buckton scored his 10th goal of the season
MOORHEAD, Minn. (
csssaints.com)- The St. Scholastica men's soccer team edged out Concordia College-Moorhead 2-1 in a non-conference match on Saturday. This is the first win against a non-UMAC team in a regular season finale since 1999, as the Saints had lost seven straight prior.
The Action
Five minutes into the game,
Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights) got the first shot on goal for the Saints. Concordia would not get its first shot on goal until five minutes later.
Kyle Farrar (London, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) would be the first to put the Saints on the board, taking advantage of a penalty kick to make the score 1-0. The half would end with CSS leading 1-0, as the evenly-matched teams struggled to set up opportunities to score.
In the second half, the Cobbers scored 10 minutes in with a header shot that just flew past the CSS goalie. The header goal would bring the score to a tie at 1-1.
Luke Buckton (Bath, England/Writhlington School), however, was able to push the Saints to a win by scoring off of an assist from Farrar. The game would end 15 minutes later with a score of 2-1.
St. Scholastica narrowly led in shots on goal, with six; the Cobbers had five. Farrar and Folkes led the Saints with two shots on goal each. In his third game of the season, CSS goalie
Sandy Davidson-Hunt (Kenora, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) saved four out of the five shots he faced to earn the win.
Up Next
The Saints (11-7) will host a UMAC Tournament semifinal game at Saints Field on Wednesday. The opponent, who will either be Martin Luther College or Crown College, will not be determined until Monday's opening round game of the tournament.
