The visiting St. John's Johnnies received a goal directly off a free kick by Jerome D'Alessando just 2:20 into the match and went on to defeat Macalester 1-0 in St. Paul . The Johnnies improve to 4-3-2 overall and 2-3-1 in the MIAC, while the Scots are now 5-5-3 on the season, 2-3 in league competition.

St. John's out-shot Macalester 19-8.

Macalester goalkeeper Ryan Palmer (Sr., Helena, Mont. / Capital) recorded eight saves and SJU's Matt Sundberg made four.

Looking to get back to the .500 level in the conference, Macalester plays Wednesday (Oct. 10) against Concordia at 7 p.m.