<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3BOYq1_0vl1Ukat00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3BOYq1_0vl1Ukat00" width="720" height="450" >River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University men's soccer team hosted the Eagles of Benedictine University for their conference home opener. Results:Dominican: 3Benedictine: 1How it Happened:-The Eagles would get on the board first scoring a goal in the 14th minute of the game off of a goal kick. -BenU would take a 1-0 lead into the half. DU had 12 shots in the first half, but not able to find the back of the net.-The Stars were down 1-0 in majority of the second half until 5th Year Student Oscar Montejano barriers the first goal of the game in the 77th minute. -Dominican was not done yet with Sophomore Nathan Lara scoring the game winner for the Stars off a cross from Junior Paul Urban.-The goals kept coming for DU with Senior John Cronnolly putting the nail in the coffin scoring his 7th goal of the season in the 82nd minute of the game.-Senior Shane Marinkovich was tested in the second half saving all 4 shots on target.Shining Stars:-5th Year Student Oscar Montejano led the Stars scoring a goal and adding an assist to his name.-Senior John Cronnolly led the Stars in shots with 9 of them. One of them found the back of the net and 3 of them were on the target.-5th Year Student Oleksandr Melnyk had 7 total shots. 4 of them were on target but was not able to find the back of the net. -Sophomore Nathan Lara notched his second collegiate goal on 2 shots. Where Lara came off the bench with energy for DU.Leading the Way:Shots: Cronnolly (9)SOG: Melnyk (4)Goals: Cronnolly, Lara and Montejano (1)Assists: Alic, Montejano and UrbanSaves: Marinkovich (4)Minutes: 5 Players (90)What's Next:The Dominican University men's soccer team will be back at West Campus Field Saturday afternoon when they host St. Norbert College. Kick-off will be at 12:00 pm.Stay up to date with all Dominican University athletics:@DU_Stars on X and InstagramDominican University Stars on FacebookCheck out all our stories on dustars.com</div></body>

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River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University men's soccer team hosted the Eagles of Benedictine University for their conference home opener. -The Eagles would get on the board first scoring a goal in the 14th minute of the game off of a goal kick. -BenU would take a 1-0...