Box Score
RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Saint John's soccer extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-1 non-conference win at Wisconsin-River Falls on Monday, Sept. 15.
The Johnnies (4-0-2 overall) scored a pair of first-half goals and looked to freshman goalkeeper
Austin Ertel (Brownsburg, Ind./Lawrence Central) to hold the lead in the second half. Sophomore forward
Ronan O'Connor (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray) extended his goal streak to six games, while senior center back
Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View) scored the first of his career to cap the first 45 minutes.
O'Connor tallied the first of the game 8:55 into play, tapping a long ball from freshman midfielder
James Torguson (Shakopee, Minn.) over the head of a pair of UWRF (3-2-1 overall) defenders. Freshman forward
Lisle Cherwien (Mound, Minn./Orono) collected the bouncing ball and passed it to O'Connor, who rejoined the play in the box just in time to tap in his 10th goal of the year.
Cherwien now has at least a point in three of his four career games for four points (1g/2a). O'Connor, meanwhile, has 22 points (10g/2a) in six games.
Conlin scored the eventual game-winner 10 minutes before halftime off a corner kick from classmate
Connor Drong (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral). Drong's kick sailed to the far post where Conlin headed it in for his first goal in 47 career games, which he sealed with a front flip.
River Falls broke Ertel's shutout streak that lasted 263 minutes over three games with 6:16 remaining. Nine of the Falcons' 10 shots came in the second half, with Ertel making a pair of saves late in the game. He is now 4-0-1 overall.
The Johnnies return home for the MIAC opener vs. St. Scholastica (0-3-3 overall) at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Haws Field.
