Kyle Witzel
Paul Dunn
1
Saint Martin's SMU (3-12-1, 2-8-1 GNAC)
7
Winner Montana St. Billings MSUB (9-6-3, 5-4-3 GNAC)
Saint Martin's SMU
(3-12-1, 2-8-1 GNAC)
1
Final
7
Montana St. Billings MSUB
(9-6-3, 5-4-3 GNAC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Martin's SMU 0 1 1
Montana St. Billings MSUB 3 4 7

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Witzel’s Lone Goal Not Enough Against MSUB

BILLINGS, Mont. – Junior Kyle Witzel scored the lone goal for Saint Martin's University men's soccer team at 57:26 but that wasn't enough as SMU fell 7-1 to Montana State Billings at Yellowjackets Field Thursday afternoon.

McKray Kohn crossed the ball to Witzel in the middle of the box and he headed it into the back of the goal. That was Witzel's 11th goal on the season and his fifth goal in two games as he had four goals against Concordia on Monday.

Win-Loss
Saint Martin's fell to 3-12-1 overall and 2-8-1 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, while MSUB moves to 9-6-3 overall and 5-4-3 in conference play. This was the second time these two teams have faced each other as the game went to double overtime at Saints Field and ended in a 2-2 tie on Oct. 1st.

Goals
The Yellowjackets were the first to get on the scoreboard with three goals in the first half by Flavion Colasanti (16:42), Julien Dragomire (20:13) and Oliver Posarelli (28:51). To open the second half, MSUB scored at 56:07 but right after SMU got on the scoreboard with Witzel's goal at 57:26. Billings would score three more goals to take the 7-1 win. Julien Dragomir scored three goals in the game for MSUB for the hat trick.

Goalkeeper Stats
Ian Fry was in the net in the first half for SMU, while Griffin Small played the second half. Both goalkeepers recorded five saves for the game.

Joe Scott was in the net for MSUB and had two saves in 77:50. Caleb VanBlankenstein played the last 12:10 of the game.

Team Stats
Billings recorded 24 shots for the game with 17 on goal. SMU had 13 shots for the game with three on goal. Those shots on goal were from Witzel, Derrick Gonzales and Will Eldred.

Coaches Comments
"I have to take the responsibility for getting the team prepared; we had a great meeting prior to coming but we arrived with very little time to warm up," said director of soccer Rob Walker. "I don't know if that has to do with some of the mistakes we made in the game but I'm the boss and the moss made the error."

"Our guys have a lot of character which we are going to count on to rebound and take with us to play in NNU on Saturday. The only thing you can do when you get punished in the game like this is to make sure your next game is so much better. That is our goal."

What's Next
Saint Martin's will conclude the 2016 season on Saturday in Nampa, Idaho, against Northwest Nazarene. Game time is set for 3 p.m. local time.
 
 
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