Chicago, Ill —Men's Soccer defeated Dominican 2-1 in an intense conference match Wednesday night at Stuart Field. After a scoreless first half, the Scarlet Hawks scored twice in the second half and held an 11-8 advantage in shots. Illinois Tech is 8-4-2 overall and 5-2-2 in conference play. Dominican is 4-5-2 overall and 2-4-2 in conference play.
How It Happened
Illinois Tech took the first two shots of the half through
Junior Pineda-Alcala at 2:25 and
Cal Graham at 8:07, while the Stars earned three corners between 3:47 and 5:19 and another at 12:33 before Tristen Banquil sent a shot out top right at 14:32. The middle of the half included fouls on both teams, an Eduardo Lopez shot saved by
David Rodriguez at 20:23,
Paul Balea's attempt out top at 22:53, a Scarlet Hawks corner at 25:40, a yellow card to
Tatum Miller at 26:28 and
Tomas Rebelatto's shot out top right at 28:37. Rodriguez made another save on Banquil at 33:32, Roberto Navarro Mercado stopped Balea at 34:40, Dominican added a corner at 37:22, and Balea had the final Illinois Tech shot at 44:21 as the half ended without a goal.
After the Stars created an early second-half corner and a shot by Rogelio Cisneros, Illinois Tech built pressure around the hour mark, with Pineda-Alcala putting a shot on frame before
Brennan Paradiso and
Tomas Rebelatto added attempts.
Darii Kishchak opened the scoring at 74:03 to put the Scarlet Hawks ahead 1-0, and the next stretch included an Illinois Tech corner along with Dominican fouls and yellow cards. Pineda-Alcala doubled the lead at 82:53 off an assist from
Paul Balea, making it 2-0. Tristen Banquil responded by scoring for the Stars at 85:36 off a Jonathan Almaguer assist, but Rodriguez saved Cristian Garcia's shot at 88:24 before Illinois Tech closed out the 2-1 final.
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
Junior Pineda-Alcala
----------------------
- one game-winning goal
- three shots, two on goal
Darii Kishchak
----------------------
- one goal
- one shot on goal
Paul Balea
----------------------
- one assist
- three shots, one on goal
David Rodriguez
----------------------
- four saves
- 90:00 in goal
- one goal allowed
Stars Top Performers
Tristen Banquil
----------------------
- 1 goal
- 3 shots, 2 on goal
- 2 points
Jonathan Almaguer
----------------------
- 1 assist
- 1 shot
Eduardo Lopez
----------------------
- 2 shots, 2 on goal
Game Notes
- This was Illinois Tech's first victory over Dominican. Their lifetime record improves to 1-6-2.
- Pineda-Alcala - Reached 20 shots on goal for the season, contributing 2 in the match.
-
Paul Balea - Reached 25 shots for the season, totaling 26 after contributing 3 in the match.
Up Next
the Scarlet Hawks travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to face Milwaukee School of Engineering on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m.
