ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Siena Heights men's soccer team scored three straight goals to pull away from Adrian College in a 3-1 victory on Wednesday night inside of Docking Stadium. The Saints (1-1) improve to .500 on the season while the Bulldogs (0-1) begin 2021 with a setback.
Freshman Nolan Chaput tallied his first career goal as a member of the SHU men's soccer team when he beat the AC goalie, Alex Brock (L, 0-1), in the 32nd minute off an assist from Cameron Gouin (Jr. | Davison, Mich.) to put the Saints ahead 1-0. Alex Hanosh (Jr. | Adrian, Mich.) netted what turned out to be the game-winning goal in the 51st minute to increase the lead to 2-0 (both the goal and the game-winner were firsts in his career). The Saints scoring leader for the past two seasons, Gustavo Barros (Sr. | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) scored an insurance goal in the 65th minute to gain his first two points of the 2021 season. Justin Sarka prevented the shutout with a penalty kick score for Adrian in the 78th minute.
Siena Heights dominated the Bulldogs 21-6 in shots. SHU also won the corner kick category 8-2. Brock was busy all night as he made eight saves for AC. SHU goalie Jacob Wojciechowski (W, 1-0) (Jr. | Commerce Township, Mich.) had one stop during his 90 minutes.
SAINT DEBUT
Sophomore Cezar Oliveira (Sao Jose do Norte, Brazil) made his debut for Siena Heights in the game.
UP NEXT
The Saints travel to play Goshen a week from Saturday on September 11. The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m., start.
