Box Score
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's soccer bounced back from an early 1-0 deficit with three-straight goals en route to a 5-2 win over No. 3 Augsburg on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Haws Field.
The victory was SJU's (6-2-2, 2-2-0 MIAC) first over a top-5 team on record and the first over a nationally ranked opponent since the Johnnies upset then-No. 19 Gustavus Adolphus, 2-1 in overtime, in the 2021 MIAC Playoffs.
The Auggies (10-1, 2-1 MIAC) struck first, as Ceazar Daniell walked through the Saint John's defense to put Division III's third-ranked team ahead with an early 1-0 lead just 2:54 into play.
SJU responded less than three minutes later, taking advantage of a short corner kick between sophomore midfielder
Asher Wynn (North Oaks, Minn./Mounds View) and senior defender
Noah Hermanson (St. Paul, Minn./Holy Angels). Wynn fed Hermanson the ball from the corner, who launched it over the box and to the head of senior defender
Foster Conlin (Mooresville, N.C./Mounds View) for his third goal of the season.
The Johnnies became the first team in 11 games to score a second goal on Augsburg, as sophomore forward
Ronan O'Connor (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray) tallied his team- and MIAC-leading 11th of the season. Freshman midfielder
Olin Franzwa (St. Paul, Minn./Woodbury) gathered a misplaced Augsburg free kick and sent it to the foot of classmate
Eli Ryan (Victoria, Minn./Minnetonka), who booted it down the field. A racing O'Connor tucked the ball between the Augsburg keeper's legs for the lead.
Freshman defender
Gabe Franzman (Bettendorf, Iowa) scored an unconventional third goal that proved to be the game-winner in minute 32, as his throw in from the sideline tipped off the Auggie keeper's hands and into the goal.
Two minutes later, Augsburg was awarded a penalty kick which resulted in the team's MIAC-leading third PK goal of the season and a 3-2 SJU lead at the break.
The Auggies applied sustained pressure for nearly 10 minutes after halftime, but a highlight-reel goal off the heads of
Lisle Cherwien (Mound, Minn./Orono) and Conlin put the game out of reach. A free kick from Wynn on the sideline ended up in the box for Conlin, who headed the ball laterally to his teammate for goal four.
Ryan got one of his own two minutes later, the first of his collegiate career, attacking down the goal line for a sharp-angle shot that beat the Augsburg keeper on the post.
Freshman goalkeeper
Cole Hanson (Urbandale, Iowa) made eight saves to record his first collegiate win in his second start as a Johnnie.
The Auggies posted a 23-12 advantage in shots (10-7 on net) and a 9-5 edge in corner kicks.
The two teams combined for seven cards in the contest. Augsburg was issued a straight red card in the 75th minute and played a man down for the final 25:08.
The Johnnies host No. 16 St. Olaf (9-1-2, 4-0-0 MIAC) for a 12:30 p.m. game this Saturday, Oct. 4, in Collegeville.
