Box Score

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Shorthanded Saint John's soccer upset No. 6 Augsburg 2-1 in the MIAC quarterfinals on Monday night, Nov. 3, at Edor Nelson Field.

The Johnnies (13-4-3 overall), who played down two men on the field for the game's final 15:08 due to two red cards, advance to face top-seeded No. 3 St. Olaf (15-1-3 overall) in the MIAC semifinals at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in Northfield. Then-No. 16 STO edged SJU 1-0 on a goal in the 85th minute back on Oct. 4 in Collegeville.

The loss was the second of the season – and second to the Johnnies – for third-seeded Augsburg (16-2-2 overall). SJU handed then-No. 3 Augsburg its only loss of the season, 5-2, earlier this season on Sept. 30 in Collegeville. The Johnnies are now 3-0-3 in their last six meetings (8-2-3 in the last 13) against the Auggies.

The 11-to-9 advantage failed to slow SJU and senior forward Alex Bowman (Elk River, Minn./Rogers), who scored the game-winning goal with just 4:37 remaining. Bowman was one of three Johnnie attackers positioned at the top of the box for a long free kick from senior defender Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View) and headed the ball in above the Auggie defense and goalkeeper on a well-timed jump. The goal was his third of the season, 16th of his career and fifth game-winner.

Freshman midfielder Eli Ryan (Victoria, Minn./Minnetonka) gave the sixth-seeded Johnnies a 1-0 lead with his second goal of the season in the 38th minute. After a long free kick from Foster Conlin that bounced off an Auggie, today's MIAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week – sophomore defender Thomas Theising (Minneapolis, Minn./Wayzata) – played the ball wide to Ryan. He danced through two defenders and launched a ball into the top right corner of the net.

The tide turned, however, when freshman midfielder Olin Franzwa (St. Paul, Minn./Woodbury) was issued his second yellow card of the game for a red from just outside the SJU box with 16:51 left. Freshman goalkeeper Cole Hanson (Urbandale, Iowa) made the initial save on the ensuing free kick but Ceazar Daniell put away the rebound to tie the game at 1-1.

Freshman defender Gabe Franzman (Bettendorf, Iowa), like Franzwa, was tagged with his second yellow card 1:43 later (15:08 mark), leaving SJU with only nine men on the field.

The Auggies came close to tying the game late, as Eric Riera hit the crossbar early in the 87th minute and Hanson made a sprawling save of Christopher Plaza Alvarado's desperation shot with three seconds left. Hanson made a career-high 12 saves to improve his record to 8-2-1 on the season.

Augsburg posted a 32-20 margin in shots (13-9 on goal) and a 9-7 edge in corner kicks. Each team received four yellow cards.