DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's soccer team came back from a two-goal deficit to tie Saint Louis in the first game of the conference season Saturday at Baujan Field.
The Flyers (4-2-4, 0-0-1 A-120) earned a valuable point while the Billikens (3-1-4, 0-0-1 A-10) would have preferred to take all three points from their position.
KEY STATS
- Dayton scored just one minute after Saint Louis' second goal in the 63rd minute.
- Sophomore Jacob Degler scored the first goal of this career while junior Laurel Aug scored his second goal of the season. Degler also picked up his first assist on Aug's goal.
- Junior Daniel Dos Santos recorded his second assist of the season.
- Goalkeeper Federico Barrios totaled five saves.
- SLU outshot Dayton 18-10.
- There were two cautions in the game, both on Dayton.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"I thought we did a great job in the second half, coming back from a 2-0 deficit," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "I felt as though it was a tale of two halves where Saint Louis controlled the first half and after the initial 10-15 minutes of the second half was when we started executing our game plan and finding that wide guy early and breaking lines. They are a very athletic team and once we bypassed their press that is when we started getting dangerous and getting the two goals and at least getting a point out of the game."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers continue A-10 play Wednesday on the road at St. Bonaventure at 7 p.m.
