Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's soccer ended its Labor Day weekend with a 3-1 win over Puget Sound (Wash.) on Monday, Sept. 6, at Haws Field.

The Johnnies (2-1-0 overall) built a 3-0 lead before the Loggers (1-2-0 overall) erased the shutout in the 84th minute.

Senior midfielder Kevin Stark-Haws (Cold Spring, Minn./Saint John's Prep) put SJU on the scoreboard early with his first collegiate goal 6:08 into the game. Junior defender Aidan Becken (Prior Lake, Minn.) lobbed a pass to junior forward Ryan Erickson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan) on the far post and Erickson pivoted to find Stark-Haws open at the top of the box.

Junior midfielder Matt D. Anderson (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep) blasted a shot from 35 yards out, with an assist to sophomore midfielder Kaiden Popp (Redmond, Wash./Mount Si), to give SJU a 2-0 lead in the 28th minute.



Senior midfielder Drew Engel (De Pere, Wis.) extended the lead to 3-0 with his second goal in as many games 1:15 into the second half. Becken lofted the ball over the crowd in the box and found Engel open on the back post. Engel scored his first collegiate goal 6:31 into the Johnnies' 2-0 shutout of Wisconsin-Platteville Saturday (Sept. 4).

Puget Sound's Marko Babiak ended the shutout with a fluky goal at the 83:10 mark. Freshman goalkeeper Evan Siefken (Lakeville, Minn./North) came out of the goal box to his right and challenge the ball near the goal line, but the ball squirted away and Babiak scored on a net with Johnnie position players attempting to fill the void. Siefken finished with seven saves.

The Johnnies held a 15-13 edge in shots (15-13, 8-8 on goal) and corner kicks (7-6). 

SJU wraps up its three-game homestand with a 5 p.m. match against Division II St. Cloud State on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Haws Field.