Box Score
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's soccer scored two goals in the final 2:13, including the game-winner from freshman defender
Luke Madden with 1.4 seconds remaining, to earn a 4-3 victory over St. Scholastica on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at Haws Field.
Senior goalkeeper
Evan Siefken (Lakeville, Minn./North) took a free kick at midfield that found junior defender
Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View) at the top-left of the box. Conlin deflected the ball to freshman forward
Ronan O'Connor (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray), but the bounce drew O'Connor to the left edge of the box. O'Connor quickly possessed the ball, spun and found Madden (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) at the far post for the left-footed game-winner and his first collegiate goal.
Madden also had a foot in the Johnnies' game-tying goal with 2:13 to play. He took a corner kick that ricocheted off sophomore midfielder
Danny Boyle (Downers Grove, Ill./Benet Academy) high up into the air. When the ball came closer to Earth, Madden sent a header into the box that somehow found its way through traffic to the right foot of sophomore defender
McKaid Schotzko (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) for his second goal of the season.
The Johnnies (6-6-1, 3-4-1 MIAC) built a 2-0 lead in the game's first 18 minutes, but the Saints (3-13-1, 1-7-0 MIAC) answered with three-straight goals for the lead.
Junior forward
Alex Bowman (Elk River, Minn./Rogers) gave the home team a 1-0 advantage in the 15th minute on a give-and-go from junior forward
Carter Hermanson (St. Paul, Minn./Holy Angels). The goal was Bowman's fourth of the season and 13th of his career. Boyle then made it 2-0 with his third goal of the season on a well-executed cross from Schotzko 3:32 later.
CSS tied the game on a pair of goals from Gabriel Marchesoni, his team-leading 11th and 12th of the season. He dribbled over 30 yards for his first tally in the 37th minute and tied the contest at 2-2 with a penalty kick in the 61st. David Lopez gave the visitors the lead thanks to a well-placed free kick to the back post from Truls Wichstrom-Johansen with 10:09 to play.
Siefken made five saves in the win to even his record at 6-6-1 this season. SJU recorded a 22-13 margin in shots (10-8 on goal) and 11 corner kicks to the Saints' five.
The home team was whistled to a 23-7 count in fouls, though CSS was handed five yellow cards (as well as a red card after time expired).
The Johnnies travel to face St. Olaf (10-4-3, 6-0-2 MIAC) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, in Northfield.
