COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- Danny Baumann came off the bench and scored for the second consecutive game but a strong first half by St. John's was enough to hand Macalester a 2-1 loss in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Contest at the Johnnies' Haws Field.
THE BASICS
Final Score: St. John's 2, Macalester 1
Location: Haws Field, Collegeville, Minn.
Records: Macalester 6-4-1, 2-2-0 MIAC; Augsburg 6-4-0, 3-1-0 MIAC
HOW IT HAPPENED• Robert Deetz got his head on a corner kick from Sam Newman and redirected the ball into far corner of the net in the game's sixth minute.
• Baumann tied the game in the 34th minute when he converted a turnover into a shot from the corner of the box and his third goal of the season.
• Less than five minutes after the Scots evened the game, Dylan Lehren took a throw in from Cole Howard and notched his first goal of the season.
NOTES• Defenders
Cole Erickson,
Robert Tomecek and
Colby King each played 90 minutes.
• Dyland Wong had two of Macalester's three shots on goal and three of the team's eight total shots.
• After being outshot, 13-4, in the opening 45 minutes, the Scots came back and had a 4-3 edge in shots during the second half.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH GREGG OLSON• "It oook us too long to get going today. For some reason we struggled, even during warmups. Something was off from the start. Sometimes you can play or fight your way into a game. However, when you are on the road against a very good side, they will punish you. St. John's didn't give us any way into the game during the first half. They are big, athletic and play in attacking areas on the field."
• "Even though we didn't have the energy and focus in the first half,
Danny Baumann scored off an incredible individual effort. He and
Dylan Wong still had a few moments in attack despite our lack of performance."
• "The second half was different. Our midfielders --
Alan Schembri-Wismayer,
Jake Burke and
Tristan Springer -- finally got involved. We began to get better pressure from our front three and we played in their half of the field for good stretches."
• "St. John's deserved three points. That is huge for them. We are young and need to learn from the performance. The slow start will not happen again. We will sort it out. Now we regroup as we finally return home (six of the last seven games were on the road) for another tough conference match up against Bethel on Saturday night."
UP NEXT• Macalester hosts Bethel, Saturday, at Macalester Stadium beginning at 7:30 p.m.
