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Alayna Hoehn
5
Winner St. Scholastica CSS (4-11-0, 4-1-0 UMAC)
1
Crown CROWN (2-9-2, 0-2-1 UMAC)
Winner
St. Scholastica CSS
(4-11-0, 4-1-0 UMAC)
5
Final
1
Crown CROWN
(2-9-2, 0-2-1 UMAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Scholastica CSS 1 4 5
Crown CROWN 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Matthew Rydlund

Strong Second Half Brings Men’s Soccer the Win over Crown

Notables
-26-game win streak continues for Saints over Storm
-Dodd has fourth multi-point game of season
-Garcia scores first collegiate goal
 
ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team traveled to St. Bonifacius for an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) matchup against Crown College on Wednesday. A strong defensive first half would be followed by a huge four-goal second half for the Saints in the 5-1 win over the Storm.
 
How it Happened
A very back and forth defensive first half was halted in the 36th minute when Alex Dodd (Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville HS) found William Francis (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) for a clean shot to put the Saints up 1-0. St. Scholastica's lead would only hold for a few minutes until the top of the 42nd minute with a Crown (2-9-2, 0-2-1 UMAC) offensive attack would ensue. Corey Bulheller (Middleton, England/Highfields Secondary School (Bacone)) saved the first shot, but the shot would ricochet back and give a Crown player an easy shot into the net for the goal tying the game 1-1. 
 
The Saints would put the offensive woes to an end early in the second half when, in the 47th minute, Armin Bobaric (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) would find Dodd, a quick dribble move would shake a defender and Dodd would once again find Francis for a laser of a shot to get St. Scholastica's lead back up to one at 2-1. The Saints would capitalize on poor transition defense and have a jail break in ahead of them. In the 50th minute Craig Chudley (Exeter, England/Exeter College) would break away and find Dodd who would zig zag around defenders before he would kick a perfect ball right out of the reach of the goalkeeper's arms to put the Saints up 3-1 early in the second half.
 
Each team would keep on the offensive intensity with many shots being put on both goalkeepers. Over 20 minutes would go by before a corner kick by the Saints would lead to a Ken Pryde (Fareham, England/Barton Peveril College) goal in the 75th minute to increase the St. Scholastica lead to 4-1. Substitutes would be put in for both teams following the Pryde goal. The last goal of the game was put in with 30 seconds remaining in the game by Franco Garcia (Minneapolis, Minn./Hiawatha Collegiate HS) bringing the Saints the win in St. Bonifacius by a score of 5-1.
 
Top Performers
Francis would lead the way for goal scorers with two goals on the day. Dodd would follow with one goal and two assists under his belt. Pryde and Garcia would also tack on a goal for the Saints.
 
Bulheller was solid in the net for the Saints only allowing one goal and making four saves.
 
Up Next
The Saints (4-11-0, 4-1-0 UMAC) will be back home against Martin Luther College for Senior Day. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, but has been moved to Friday with the kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Saints Field.
 
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