No. 17 Benedictine Men's Soccer matched its season high goal output on Friday night to close out the first day of events for the annual Homecoming Weekend on campus.
The Ravens earned a 5-1 win over William Woods University to move to 10-4-3 overall and 7-3-3 in the Heart. The 10-win total with one match remaining in the regular season matches the most wins for the program since 2023 when they finished the year at 10-5-4.Â
The Ravens outshot the Owls 24–6 with a 10-2 advantage on goal.
After the two teams traded goals during the first 30 minutes of the match, Benedictine rattled off two goals before halftime to take a 3-1 lead in the half and extended their advantage with two more goals in the second half.
Zach Pederson scored the first of his two goals on the night during the 24th minute off an assist from Kody Argaez. After William Woods pulled even, Evan Frank scored the go-ahead goal during the 43th minute off assist from Juan Piratova.Â
Benedictine's final goal of the first half came courtesy of Argaez with 51 seconds left in the half, when he converted a bicycle kick off a cross from Frank.
Benedictine's two second-half goals were unassisted as Fabian Viquez scoring the 49th minute before Pederson capped off the night with his second goal during the 57th minute.
Noah Reuscher earned the win in goal, playing into the 77th minute before Payton Travis finished off the match. Reuscher registered 1 save while allowing the 1 goal.
Benedictine closes out the regular season at home on Wednesday, Oct. 28 with a 7:30 p.m. match with Central Methodist University. The Ravens currently sit in fourth place in the Heart Standings with 24 points, but are the only team with 13 matches played in the conference. The three teams ahead of them have only played 11 or 12 matches so far with a full slate of matches tomorrow and two more next week.
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