DAYTON  – The University of Dayton men's soccer team scored two goals in the first half and held off La Salle in a 2-0 victory Wednesday at Baujan Field.
The Flyers (5-5-4, 1-3-1 A-10) earned their first conference win of the season while the Explorers (2-10-2, 0-4-2 A-10) still look for their first Atlantic 10 victory.
KEY STATS
- Dayton struck first in the 31st minute on a thunderous strike from junior Rok Taneski, off the assist by junior Daniel Dos Santos. It was Tanekski's first goal of the season and Dos Santos' third assist.
- Just 11 minutes later, Dos Santos was the one to score this time, poking home a perfectly placed cross from freshman Andrew Cross.
- The Flyers earned their sixth shutout of the season.
- UD outshot La Salle 17-10 in the game and put six on target.
- Taneski led Dayton with seven shots, five on goal, with three others adding two shots each.
- There was only one caution in the game, while Dayton had fewer fouls with seven than La Salle's 11 fouls.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"I thought we came out really well tonight and had some good energy," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "It's been a good two days with the new Hidalgo team lounge and so the guys were really excited. I thought they came out and got on top of La Salle. We took control of the game and dictated the pace from the start. It was great to get two goals in the first half. I think second half we were really pushing for that third goal and fell a little short. The last ten minutes we got a little sloppy. Ultimately we got a critical three points and we needed some confidence and tonight was big for that, especially with all the injuries we have had. Some guys stepped up and did well, and Rok got his first goal of the season and its good to get him on the board."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers head back out on the road to take on Massachusetts Saturday at 1 p.m. in Amherst, Mass.
