Box Score

Box Score

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – Saint John's sophomore Ian Scudder (Sherwood, Ore.) tallied a hat trick, his first multi-goal game, as the Johnnies earned a 5-0 win at Bethel on Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Arden Hills.

Scudder gave SJU (6-5-2, 3-2-0 MIAC) an early 1-0 lead with his third goal of the season 12:07 into the match. Sophomores Zane Heinselman (River Falls, Wis.) and Josh Whitaker (Milwaukie, Ore.) assisted on the scoring play.

Junior Michael Coborn (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) made it 2-0 with his third goal of the year 5:40 later, with another assist going to Whitaker.

Scudder increased SJU's lead to 3-0 with his second goal of the afternoon 9:37 into the second half, with assists going to Heinselman and sophomore David Wee (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake).

Scudder wrapped up the hat trick with an unassisted tally 1:15 later. The hat trick is the first for a Johnnie since Coborn tallied three goals against Macalester on Oct. 26, 2010.

Bethel earned a red card with 27:32 left and played the rest of the match a man short on the field.

Freshman Kevin Lebahn (New Hope, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) made two saves in the first half to earn the win and improve to 3-4-0 on the season. Junior Ryan Brutger (St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo) played a flawless second half to share the shutout.

SJU out-shot the Royals 18-5 in the match, including a 10-2 margin on goal.

The Johnnies travel to face MIAC-leading St. Thomas for a 1 p.m. match this Saturday, Oct. 13, in St. Paul.