Simon Fraser University shrugged off its first loss of the season to post a 2-1 win over Saint Martin’s College in men’s soccer on Saturday.
Just two days after suffering a 2-1 upset to No. 6-ranked Seattle Pacific in Seattle, the top-ranked Clan got back to doing what it does best, posting it’s ninth victory this season and fifth in Great Northwest conference play.
Colin Jacques opened the scoring two minutes into the second half on a header off a cross by Chris Bargholz.
Ryan Dhillon put the visitors up 2-0 later in the half, scoring what proved to be the game-winner off an assist by Jovan Blagojevic in the 68th minute.
Saint Martin’s spoiled the shutout bid by starter Brandon Watson in the 83rd minute.
On Thursday, Bargholz tied the match 1-1 on a diving header in the 23rd minute.
“We are happy to bounce back and get the win and the three points,” said SFU head coach Alan Koch in a press release. “I still feel that we can play a lot better than we are right now. If we had buried our chances in the first half we wouldn’t have been in a close match at the end.”
Last week, SFU scored 11 goals, making the Clan the top-scoring team in the country with 32 total markers.
SFU is back at home this Saturday when they host Western Washington at Terry Fox Field at 7:30 p.m.
Still looking for first win
The Clan women’s soccer team fell to 0-4-2 in conference play following a 3-2 loss to Central Washington on Oct. 3 and a 3-0 defeat to Seattle Pacific on Saturday.
On Thursday, Jessica Marano of Burnaby scored her first goal of the season in the opening half and Jessica Hadden, in the 66th minute, also tallied to tie the score at 2-2.
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