DAYTON- The University of Dayton men's soccer team continued Atlantic 10 play at home with George Washington Saturday night and scored a season-high seven goals in the victory.
The Flyers (5-1-2, 1-0-1 A-10) earned their first conference win while the Revolutionaries (2-8-1, 0-3-0 A-10) drop their third.
SCORING BREAKDOWN
- 4:58 - Graduate student Hjalti Sigurdsson crossed to senior Joseph Melto Quiah for a sliding shot on the opening goal of the game.
- 23:22 - Freshman Andrew Armstrong scored his first as a Flyer off the rebounded shot by sophomore Cooper Lijewski.
- 24:28 - Armstrong assisted the next goal on a cross to sophomore Martin Bakken.
- 30:02 - Bakken scored his second just a few minutes later of the cross from fellow sophomore Miles Bonham.
- 64:10 – Dayton stopped the penalty kick, but GW scored the rebound to break the shutout.
- 70:29 – Graduate student Geni Kanyane scored from 20 yards out, banking it off the right post.
- 72:45 - Armstrong scores his second goal with an assist from Bakken.
- 76:20 – Bakken completes the hat trick with an assist from freshman Adebayo Dikko.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Flyers scored a season-high seven goals on 27 attempts, putting 12 on target.
- The Revs had 12 shots, five on goal.
- Bakken totaled seven points with three goals and an assist.
- Armstrong is having a strong debut season, adding a brace and an assist in the effort.
- Graduate student Dario Caetano had four saves including a save on the PK before the rebound was put in.
- There were two cautions, both by GW.
- Dayton played 18 different players in the contest.
- The seven goals were the most for the Flyers since Oct. 28, 2015, a 7-1 win for UD in route to an A-10 Tournament Championship that season.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"Any time you can get a big win against a conference opponent, it's great for the guys," said head coach
Dennis Currier. "We have been off for two weeks and I know the guys were ready to play tonight. I thought the energy was good throughout the game and we scored some really good goals. I think the key was getting some early goals for us and once we did that, we looked more comfortable."
UP NEXT
- The Flyers will head back out on the road to take on rv Massachusetts on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. in Amherst, Mass.
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