Box Score
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's soccer kept its postseason hopes alive with a key 3-0 shutout of St. Scholastica on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Haws Field.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Evan Siefken (Lakeville, Minn./North) made a number of key saves for SJU (7-5-3, 4-4-1 MIAC) in the second half to keep St. Scholastica (5-9-3, 3-5-1 MIAC) off the scoreboard. Illhan Rrahoshi hit the left pipe on a breakaway 6:51 into the game and Siefken denied Andres Gradillo at point-blank range, both on the initial shot and the ensuing rebound, early in the 17th minute. The Saints out-shot the Johnnies 10-4 in the first half, including 9-2 on goal.
SJU turned the tide offensively in the second half and posted a 10-8 advantage in shots (7-3 on net).
Freshman
Alex Bowman (Elk River, Minn./Rogers), fresh off his goal in SJU's 2-1 loss to Macalester on Saturday (Oct. 22), opened the scoring on a feed from classmate
Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View) in the 58th minute.
Bowman then put away a rebound off senior forward
Ryan Erickson's (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan) initial shot on goal 3:53 later for his fifth goal of the season. He is now tied with senior midfielder
Matt D. Anderson (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep), who did not play Wednesday, for the team lead with five goals in eight games played.
Freshman forward
Carter Hermanson (St. Paul, Minn./Holy Angels) ended the game's scoring with his second collegiate tally, from classmate
Cooper Nowak (Princeton, Minn.) in the 78th minute.
Siefken set a career high with 12 saves to move his season record to 6-5-3 and earn his third shutout of the season (sixth of his career).
CSS ended the game with close stat advantages in shots (18-14) and corner kicks (6-5).
Wednesday's game was the first between the two soccer programs in Collegeville since Aug. 31, 1996 (a 4-0 SJU win). SJU is now 15-3 all-time against the Saints.
The Johnnies end their regular-season schedule against Carleton (7-6-3, 5-3-1 MIAC) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in Northfield.
