No. 15/18 Men’s Soccer Finishes Regular Season With 4-1 Victory

The Flyers Earned Their 10th Win Of The Year

DAYTON - The No. 15/18 University of Dayton men's soccer team defeated Saint Louis University Saturday night in the regular season finale, 4-1.

The Flyers (10-2-3, 5-1-2 A-10) finished second in the Atlantic 10 standings while the Billikens (7-3-7, 4-1-3 A-10) suffered their first conference loss of the year.

SCORING BREAKDOWN

38:18 – Senior Ethan Sassine broke the deadlock in the final stages of the first half with a well-placed redirect off the cross form freshman Felix Buabeng.
47:40 – Senior Joseph Melto Quiah doubled the Flyers' lead with a strike to the far corner off the assist from sophomore Martin Bakken.
53:54 – An own goal by the Billikens made it 3-0 in favor of the Flyers.
66:11 – Sassine gets his second of the game with a rocket to the left net off the precision pass from Melto Quiah.
71:03 – A SLU rebounded shot off the post was put in the back of the net to break up the shutout for the Flyers

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Dayton outshot Saint Louis 20-8 and put eight on target to the Billikens' three on goal.
Bakken had a team-high four shots while Sassine and Armstrong both had three apiece.
Fouls were 16-10 in favor of SLU.
There were four cautions, three by the Billikens.
Sassine scored his scored his fourth and fifth goals of the year while Melto Quiah got his seventh.

COACH'S COMMENTS
"We had such a good season," said head coach Dennis Currier. "We faced two big-time opponents and heavyweights here and the guys placed tremendous tonight. I thought probably our best performance and they are a very good team. To finish like we did tonight and get a great conference win and a great crowd. I'm just really excited for the team and it's a great way to end the regular season, and get some momentum going into the postseason."

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