Box Score
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Saint John's ended its 2016 soccer season with a 2-0 loss at Macalester in the MIAC semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in St. Paul.
Max Abramson gave the Scots (13-3-3, 6-2-2 MIAC) a 1-0 lead 10:49 into the match. A long throw-in deflected to him in the middle of the field and he unleashed a shot through traffic to the near post.
Sophomore midfielder
Uriel Cordoba (Medford, Ore./South Medford) was issued a yellow card in the 31st minute and another in the 37th for a red, leaving SJU (7-9-3, 5-4-1 MIAC) to play a man down for the remainder of the match (final 53:14).
Charlie Spurr ended the scoring with a shot to the far post 4:31 into the second half.
Freshman goalkeeper
Nicholas French (Waterford, Wis.) made five saves in the loss for the Johnnies, who were playing an MIAC semifinal game for the fifth consecutive season. SJU posted a 3-0 win at Carleton yesterday (Nov. 1) in a quarterfinal match.
SJU entered the game averaging 16.5 shots per contest, but was credited with only five in the loss (16-5), including one in the first half.