Box ScoreCOLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's soccer clinched its first home MIAC Playoff match since 2006 with a 3-0 win over Concordia-Moorhead in the regular-season finale on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Haws Field in Collegeville.
The win, coupled with victories by Carleton (3-2 vs. St. Olaf) and Gustavus Adolphus (4-0 at Hamline) on Saturday, gives SJU (11-6, 7-3 MIAC) the fourth seed in next week's six-team MIAC Playoffs.
The Johnnies will host the fifth seed, Macalester (10-5-2, 5-3-1 MIAC), for an 11:30 a.m. quarterfinal match on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Haws Field. The winner will travel to face St. Olaf in a semifinal at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Northfield. SJU's match on Tuesday will be the front end of a doubleheader as Saint Benedict, also the fourth seed, will take on fifth-seeded St. Thomas later in the day at 2 p.m. on Haws Field.
Admission is $7 for adults and $3 for students with a valid ID. Children ages five and under gain free admittance.
Senior co-captain
Zane Heinselman (River Falls, Wis.) gave the Johnnies an early 1-0 lead with what proved to be the game-winning goal 5:56 into the match, with an assist going to sophomore defender
Dylan Lehrer (Prior Lake, Minn.).
Sophomore forward
Jake Anderson (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) made it 2-0 with an unassisted tally, his second of the season, 7:32 into the second half. Sophomore defender
Jose Cabrera (Medford, Ore./South Medford) sent a cross through the box, where it was played by a Concordia defender, but Anderson spun around the defender, stole the ball and ripped a shot to the far corner.
Heinselman added his second goal of the game for good measure, his fifth of the season and 18th of his career, in the 60th minute. Anderson blasted a point-blank shot off the Cobbers' goalkeeper, but the deflection went directly to Heinselman for an easy goal.
Junior
Kevin Lebahn (New Hope, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) made one save in 68:33 to earn the win, his 10th of the season (10-6 record), before freshman
Treyton Neuharth (Prior Lake, Minn.) relieved him for the final 21:27.
SJU out-shot the Cobbers (2-15-1, 1-8-1 MIAC) by a 27-6 margin, including 15-2 on goal.
