MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's soccer team (3-1 overall, 3-1 UMAC) earned the first win in program history over St. Scholastica (4-1, 4-1) in the 3-2 victory Saturday. The Saints owned the all-time series lead at 30-0-1 entering today's game. 

This also marked the first loss of the season for St. Scholastica as it had previously won the first four games on the shortened year in shutout fashion.

The game was scoreless through the first half, as the Saints held the advantage in shots (11-6).

Sophomore Max Busch (Odenthal, Germany) connected on a pass from Benjamin Phillips (Kingston, Jamaica) to put the Vikings on the board at 53:40. Busch had the assists on the next two Bethany goals as senior Vincent Ayodi (Nairobi, Kenya) scored at 57:29 and freshman Thijs Middeldorp (Landgraaf, The Netherlands) at 62:55.

St. Scholastica tallied two consecutive goals at 65:25 and 71:11 to slice the margin to one.

Keeper Mason Steffen (Kiel, Wis.) stopped the next two shots he faced to seal the win.

Highlights


Scoring Summary

GOAL   Time Team     Goal Scorer              Assists                                  Description

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 1.   53:40 BLCMS    Max Busch                Benjamin Phillips                        lower right corner

 2.   57:29 BLCMS    Vincent Ayodi            Max Busch                                left side

 3.   62:55 BLCMS    Thijs Middeldorp         Max Busch                                top left corner

 4.   65:25 CSS      Miki Lumsden             (unassisted)                             lower right corner

 5.   71:11 CSS      Finigan Huffington       Miki Lumsden                             lower right side

 
BLC returns to the field Monday against Minnesota Morris at 4 p.m.