Macalester vs. St. John's statistics

Macalester opened up a 2-0 lead just 22 minutes into the match and later was on top 3-2 midway through the second half, but St. John's fought back for a 4-3 MIAC victory in Collegeville. The disappointed Scots slip to 6-5-1 on the season and 2-2-1 in league play, while St. John's gets back into the playoff race at 8-4 overall and 3-3 in the MIAC.

There were 49 shots and 24 shots on goal in this attack-minded game – rare numbers in MIAC soccer matches. Goalkeepers were asked to make 17 saves. There were three goals scored within a four-minute first half stretch, and there were four goals netted within a 22-minute stretch of the second half in this wild affair.

Ryan Marshall (Fy., Plymouth, Minn. / Robbinsdale Armstrong) scored in the 22nd minute and Stephen Murphy-Logue (So., Anchorage, Ak. / West) added the team's second goal 62 seconds later as the Scots took a 2-0 advantage, only to see the Johhnies cut the margin in half just three minutes later. Marshall's goal, assisted by Scott Petesch (Jr., Bethesda, Md. / Walter Johnson), was his second of the year and Murphy-Logue's was his first.

Five minutes into the second half, St. John's deadlocked the score at 2-2 before Reid Usedom (Fy., Asheville, N.C. / A.C. Reynolds) netted his third of the season to regain the lead for the Scots at 62:35. SJU, however, struck with a pair of goals in the 69th and 72nd minutes to delight the home fans and deny the Scots their second straight MIAC win.

Macalester will attempt to re-group when it hosts Concordia-Moorhead on Tuesday (Oct. 7) at 5 p.m.