Purdue Fort Wayne
Saint Joseph's (Ind.)
Men's Soccer Snaps Streak
10/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 1, 2006
Fort Wayne, IN- The IPFW men's soccer team snapped a season-long losing skid Sunday night, with a 4-3 win over St. Joseph College at the Hefner Soccer Complex.
The Pumas cracked the scoring column first in the match. In the 9th minute of play, SJC worked the ball around the perimeter to senior Marcus Murphy who beat IPFW keeper Michael Knitter to the far side.
IPFW answered with two goals in a three minute time span. Senior Barry Morgan, off of a free kick, sent a ball into the box that was headed home by freshman midfielder Chris Dolinski.
In the 29th minute, freshman defender Boomer Roller tried to head a corner kick into the net, but Puma keeper Dan Ford got his hands on it. Fortunately for Roller, Ford couldn't keep his hands on the ball and Roller pushed the rebound into the open net.
The 'Dons kept that 2-1 cushion at half-time.
In the second half, St. Joseph tied the match at the 51:36 mark as sophomore forward Nick Filloon snared a loose ball and blasted it to the left side.
IPFW again tallied a pair quickly. In the 63rd minute of play, freshman Lee Castillo hustled to a loose ball and banged it past Ford.
At the 69:12 mark, freshman midfielder Justin Sommer sent a shot in from about 25 yards that was misplayed by Ford and found its way into the net.
IPFW held a 4-2 lead until the 73rd minute. After an IPFW foul, SJC senior Chad Stuecher toed up a direct kick from 18 yards and ripped the upper right hand corner.
The Pumas put the pressure on in the final minutes of the match, but it took an acrobatic save from Knitter to put the game away for the 'Dons. At the 86:13 mark, Stuecher thought he had his second goal of the match, on a bullet from about 15 yards out, but Knitter made a full-extension dive to the right and stopped the shot.
The sophomore keeper made three quality saves for the win. Ford stopped 11 IPFW shots in the loss.
The Mastodons (1-10-0) return to action, hosting IUPUI in a non-conference match, Tuesday night at 7pm.
