Box Score
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – No. 24 Saint John's soccer erased an early deficit to defeat Macalester 2-1 on Saturday, Oct. 3, at a rainy Haws Field.
Macalester's John Albright scored just 4:01 into the game and MAC's (3-3-3, 2-2-0 MIAC) keeper held SJU at(11-1-0, 3-1-0 MIAC) at bay until the 70th minute.
Albright's goal came after a long Macalester pass drew sophomore goalkeeper
Alex Keekley (St. Louis Park, Minn./Minnetonka) out of the box, leaving just a defender for Albright to beat with a shot off a cross.
The Johnnies had a number of chances – 24 to be exact – before freshman forward
Jacob Oliver (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral) got the Johnnies on the board with his sixth goal of the season. Sophomore defender
James Torguson (Shakopee, Minn.) took a corner kick from the left side that freshman defender
Billy Cornett (Minneapolis, Minn./Cretin-Derham) – the reigning MIAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week – headed to Oliver to tap in.
Freshman forward
Soren Benson (Brainerd, Minn./Lake Region Christian) scored his fourth goal of the season and first collegiate game-winner just 5:05 later. Torguson regained possession of the ball for SJU in the midfield and dished it quickly to sophomore midfielder
Eli Ryan (Victoria, Minn./Minnetonka), whose pass broke through the MAC defense and to the foot of Benson.
The assist was Ryan's team-, MIAC- and NCAA Division III-leading 10th of the season.
Keekley improved to 8-1 on the year and made two saves in his first non-shutout of the season.
SJU closes its three-game homestand with a 4 p.m. match against Hamline (4-4-3, 1-2-2 MIAC) on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Collegeville.
