Aidan Becken_Capri Potter
Senior defender Aidan Becken, pictured from earlier this season in Collegeville, scored the game-winning goal Saturday (image courtesy of Capri Potter).
4
Winner Saint John's Univ. SJU (6-3-3, 3-3-1 MIAC)
2
Hamline University HAM (3-11-0, 0-7-0 MIAC)
Winner
Saint John's Univ. SJU
(6-3-3, 3-3-1 MIAC)
4
Final
2
Hamline University HAM
(3-11-0, 0-7-0 MIAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint John's Univ. SJU 1 3 4
Hamline University HAM 1 1 2

Game Recap: Soccer |

Second-Half Surge Fuels SJU to 4-2 Road Win


Box Score

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Saint John's soccer erased a 2-1 deficit with three unanswered goals over the game's final 25:07 to earn a 4-2 road win at Hamline on Saturday, Oct. 15, in St. Paul.

Hamline (3-11, 0-7 MIAC) gained its first and only lead of the game, 2-1, on a goal from Nate Vogel in the 61st minute. The Johnnies (6-3-3, 3-3-1 MIAC), however, responded by posting a 10-2 advantage in shots (6-1 on goal), three of which found the net, over the remainder of the game.

Senior midfielder Matt D. Anderson (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep) tied the game at 2-2 with his fifth goal of the season and 13th of his career in the 65th minute. Senior defender Cavin Allen (Excelsior, Minn./Chanhassen) sent a free kick up the left side to senior forward Ryan Erickson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan), who turned the corner and crossed a one-timer to Anderson in the box.

Senior defender Aidan Becken (Prior Lake, Minn.) tallied what proved to be the game-winning goal - a header off a corner kick from senior midfielder Sawyer Schugel (Victoria, Minn./Holy Family Catholic) - in the 76th minute. The game-winner was Becken's second of the season (fifth career tally). 

Senior midfielder Kevin Stark-Haws (Cold Spring, Minn./Saint John's Prep) added an insurance goal, his third of the season, with 5:39 to play.

Junior forward Kaidan Popp (Redmond, Wash./Mount Si) gave SJU an early 1-0 lead with his fourth goal of the season and sixth of his career in the 15th minute, with assists going to Erickson and freshman defender Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View). Logan Weller tied the game at 1-1 for HU on a rebound off his initial shot on net in the 22nd minute.

Sophomore Evan Siefken (Lakeville, Minn./North) made four saves to move his record to 5-3-3 on the season.

SJU finished with a 20-11 (10-6 on goal) advantage in shots, including a 14-3 performance in the second half, and an 8-2 margin in corner kicks.

The Johnnies return home to host Wisconsin-Eau Claire for a non-conference game - the first meeting between the two schools on the soccer pitch - at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Haws Field.


 
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