The Johnnie football team continues its road games with two in Wisconsin this weekend. SJU will visit Wisconsin-Platteville for a 6:00 PM game under the lights on Saturday, September 10, and travel to Wisconsin-Whitewater for a start on Sunday, September 11 at 3:00 PM.
LIVE REPORTING:
-Saturday September 10 in Wisconsin-Platteville: Live Video
-Sunday, September 11 in Wisconsin-Whitewater: Live Stats
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s opened the 2022 season last week with a 2-0-1 record on the road.
Saint John’s 3, in Minnesota-Morris 0 (September 1)
SJU gave Minnesota-Morris a 3-0 loss in the season opener. Senior Midfielder Matt D. Anderson (Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep) started scoring with his ninth collegiate goal in the 11th minute, with assists to classmates Kevin Stark-Haws (Cold Spring, Minn./Saint John’s Prep) and Ryan Erickson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan).
Junior forward Kaidan Poppo (Redmond, Wash./Mount Si) scored the first of his two goals that night – his third and fourth career results – at 51:45 and made it 3-0 early in the 86th minute. freshman attacker Carter Hermanson (St. Paul, Minn./Holy Angels) scored his first collegiate point with a helper on the third goal of the game and second midfielder Christian Rodriguez (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) provided assists on both.
Senior goalkeeper Jake Swanson (Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Jefferson) made two saves in the net and registered his third shutout of his career.
SJU defeated the Cougars 32-4 (14-2 on goal) to take a 6-0 lead in corners. Twenty-three Johnnie fielders competed in the opener.
t-Saint John’s 1, Cal Lutheran 1 (September 3)
The Johnnies and Cal Lutheran played to a 1-1 draw in the first game of the California trip on the UC-Santa Cruz campus. The Kingsmen took a 1-0 lead, thanks to a goal from Igor Lumbrano in the 10th minute, and a 4-2 shot lead at half time. However, SJU picked up the attacking pace, beating CLU 10-4 in the final 45 minutes.
Anderson scored the equalizing goal, his second in as many games and the 10th of his collegiate career, 2:45 in the second half. Senior Defender Sawyer Schugel (Victoria, Minn./Holy Family Catholic) and Hermanson were credited with assists.
sophomore Evan Siefken (Lakeville, Minn./North) made three saves in the tie, including two in the first half.
Saint John’s 2, at UC-Santa Cruz 0 (September 5)
SJU ended the trip to California with a 2-0 shutout of host UC-Santa Cruz on Labor Day. Anderson scored what turned out to be the winning goal for SJU in the 53rd minute, the first shot of the game on the net. Senior Defender’s Header Aidan Becken (Prior Lake, Minn.) bounced off the post to the goal line, where Anderson set it aside for his third goal of the season — one in each of three games (two game winners) — and eleventh of his career.
freshman attacker Cooper Nowak (Princeton, Minn.) finished scoring the game with his first collegiate goal with 8:13 to play. Stark-Haws and Hermanson got the assists. Siefken didn’t get a shot at the net, but earned his first shutout of the season and the fourth of his SJU career.
The Banana Slugs took a 5-4 lead in corners and an 11-9 lead in shots, although SJU found the back of the net on the only two shots on goal of the game.
SEASON OPENING WIN: With the September 1 win over Morris, SJU is now 28-9-4 in its season opener since 1981.
MIAC ATTACKS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Anderson was named the MIAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday (Sept. 6) for his three-game appearance to kick off the season. He scored a goal in every game – an equalizing goal and two game winners – as SJU went out 2-0-1 to start the 2022 season. The 2021 All-MIAC first team honorary title now has 11 career goals and five game winners.
A LOOK AT THE PIONEERS: Wisconsin-Platteville (1-2-0 overall) dropped the first two games of the season – 3-1 at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (September 1) and 2-0 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire (September 3), but rebounded Tuesday night (September 6) with a 3-1 win at Carroll (Wis.). Carroll took an early 1-0 lead with a goal in the second minute (1:39), but Platteville tied the game in the 21st minute with a goal from sophomore Trevor Hudson and took the lead 9:07 later with a tie by freshman Alester Dawson. Sophomore Clayton Mobile scored on a penalty kick, 1:11 after the break. Nine of the team’s 10 points and all four goals are due to underclasses (freshmen and sophomores).
LAST TRAP: SJU won the home opener with a 2-0 shutout of Wisconsin-Platteville last September 4 (2021) at Haws Field. Senior Midfielder Drew Engel (De Pere, Wis.) scored what turned out to be the winning goal, his first collegiate score, 6:31 in the game. Junior midfielder Brian Real Juarez (Shakopee, Minn.) sent a cross into the penalty area where the ball went into the air, bounced and Engel headed the ball to the back of the net.
Senior attacker Ryan Erickson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Eagan) added an insurance goal early in the 74th minute—on a nice left-to-right cross from Popp. Siefken made five saves to record his first collegiate shutout.
SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are all-time 4-0-1 against the Pioneers, including a 1-0-1 record in Platteville, Wisconsin.
-Oct. Collegeville 18, 1992: W, 2-0
– Sept. Collegeville 11, 1993: W, 3-0
– Sept. 15, 1996 in Platteville, Wisconsin: W, 3-1
– Sept. 14, 2013 in Platteville, Wisconsin: T, 0-0 (2OT)
– Sept. Collegeville 4, 2021: W, 2-0
A LOOK AT THE WARHAWKS: Like SJU and Wisconsin-Platteville, Wisconsin-Whitewater (2-1-0 overall) started the 2022 season with three road races. The Warhawks defeated their first two opponents, 2-0 at Webster (Mon.) September 1, and 7-0 at Monmouth (Ill.) September 3. Knox (Ill.) scored the only goal of the game 1:38 in the game September 4 and held on to the win. UWW registered its third shutout of the young season, 2-0, last night (September 8) in Millikin (Ill.). Freshman Cooper Re leads the team with three goals, while sophomores Nolan Eihlers (1g/2a) and Faizan Mohiuddin (2g/0a) each have four points. Four different goalkeepers have played in the net.
A YEAR AGO: The Johnnies scored a pair of goals in the last 10 minutes of regular season in a 2-2 draw at Wisconsin-Whitewater last September 11 (2021). The Warhawks built a 2-0 lead with goals in the 62nd and 81st minutes, but Anderson cut UWW’s lead in half with his second goal of the season and fifth of his career with 7:43 to go. A throw-in from Engel went to Brandt Belislewho gave it to Anderson in the box.
Belisle then tied the game with 59 seconds to go. Junior midfielder Cole Ober (Hudson, Wis.) sent a long ball into the penalty area, where the UWW goalkeeper and defenders kept it away from each other before Belisle came in for the dramatic goal.
Siefken made six saves in his first collegiate draw. The two teams together committed 27 errors and six yellow cards.
SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 4-2-1 all-time against Wisconsin-Whitewater, but 0-1-1 on the Warhawks’ home turf.
-Nov. Collegeville 7, 1986: W, 1-0 (NCAA Playoffs)
-Oct. 3, 1993 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: W, 6-1
– Sept. 24, 2000 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: W, 1-0
-Oct. 1, 2017 in Whitewater, Wisconsin: L, 0-2
– Sept. Collegeville 7, 2018: W, 3-2 (OT)
– Sept. 22, 2019 in Collegeville: L, 0-1
– Sept. 11, 2021 in Wisconsin Whitewater: T, 2-2 (2OT)
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