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Soccer Team Punctuates NPU Weekend Action
CHICAGO, IL (September 7, 2004) - Sophomore Nick Bruckner of Edgebrook
Covenant Church in Chicago scored two goals to lead the North Park
University (NPU) men's soccer team to a 3-1 nonleague victory over
visiting Marian College of Wisconsin Sunday as the Vikings completed a
sweep of opponents last weekend.
Marian College scored first on a T.J. DiPrizio goal just 14:55 into the
game, but North Park struck back quickly as Gabe Vogler hooked a shot
into the Sabres' goal off a direct free kick at the 16:53 mark.
Bruckner and Jon-Erik Johnson entered the game at forward early in the
first half and made an immediate impact by hawking the ball in Marian's
back line and midfield. The added defensive pressure helped the Vikings
greatly and Bruckner was the early beneficiary as he scored his initial
goal at 30:23 on an assist by Matt Moncada.
At the 42:28 mark (just 2:32 before halftime), Bruckner took a long pass
from reserve Karley Mase, decked a Marian defender and scored again to
put North Park up 3-1. From there, coach John Born's team dominated
play, getting numerous scoring opportunities in
the second half, albeit without a goal. Austin Person had one save in
goal for the Vikings in the victory.
On Saturday, North Park opened the 2004 season by defeating Ohio
Northern University 3-1. After the visitors took an early lead, Adam
Sinovic tied the game and freshman P.J. Eriksson scored the final two
goals as Person earned his victory in goal. The Vikings hope to continue
their winning ways as they play a 4 p.m. nonleague contest at Rockford
College on Wednesday.
In other North Park sports action over the weekend:
- The football team lost 42-16 to MacMurray College at the Holmgren
Athletic Complex Saturday despite 234 yards passing and two touchdown
tosses by quarterback Mike Haehn. The Vikings trailed just 13-9 early in
the second quarter after Haehn connected on a 13-yard scoring pass with
Chris Wada and Dan Richmond sacked
MacMurray quarterback Mike Schmidtke for a safety. But MacMurray scored
three touchdowns in a span of 1:42 to put the game away. The Highlanders
got a 1-yard run by
quarterback Schmidtke and then used a blocked punt and an interception
to set up the other scores while taking a 35-9 halftime lead. Peter
Ereg, who led all rushers with 173 yards on 33 attempts, scored
MacMurray's final touchdown on a 72 yard run. Haehn
and Sherman Gant hooked up for a 20 yard scoring pass for North Park's
final points later in the final period. Haehn finished 15 of 38 passing
on the day as Harris led all Vikings with six catches for 103 yards.
Dante Britten led coach Robin Cooper's team with 57
yards rushing. North Park plays a noon game Saturday at the University
of Chicago.
- In cross country action last Friday in Naperville, Illinois, four
runners placed in the top 50 individually as the NPU women's team placed
fifth overall at the Chuck Carroll Invitational at DuPage River Park.
Grace Conrad ran six kilometers in 25 minutes, 1 second for 21st overall
in the race, which was hosted by North Central College. Teammates
Allison Weller (26:03), Rebecca Dawson (26:14) and Kari Thompson(26:31)
were 36th, 41st and 50th respectively. North Park had a team score of
173 as Wheaton College had the low team total of 65 points. Kim
Hamstreet, running for Universal Sole/Reebok Club, ran a 22:44 for
individual honors. In the men's competition, North
Park finished 16th as a team as the host school won the team title. Luke
Johnson was 95th among those runners counting in the team scores,
running a 35:18 for eight kilometers.
- In women's volleyball play last weekend, NPU finished 0-4 at the
Benedictine Invitational in Lisle, Illinois.
- In women's soccer action, the Vikings tied Bethel College 1-1 last
Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lost a 3-2 decision at Viterbo
College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, to move to 0-1-2 on the season.
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