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Rough
Start to a Promising Season for the Bruins Bruins lose 3-1 in opener |
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| Sept. 1 - The Bethany University Men’s Soccer team opened their season with a hard fought battle against the Simpson University Red Hawks. Bethany opened the game in a lively manner and put pressure on Simpson early as Andy Duewel broke away for a chance goal, only for the keeper to guess correctly and save the shot onto the post. After the early pressure Simpson opened the scoring as Gary Weaver picked up a wayward defensive pass and just beat the bruins Goalkeeper Chris Norman in the 10th minute to put the Red hawks up 1-0. Saechao added a second goal from a corner kick to double Simpson’s advantage. | |||||||||
| As Bethany begins to fight back, Duewel broke away from the pack and calmly converted a penetrating pass from Cory Samuelson to bring the deficit to 2-1. Minutes later the Bruins were inches away from tying the match as Ivan Miric took a sweet strike off a cross from Samuelson, only to see the goalie save the shot off the post and cradle it to safety. | |||||||||
| The second half progressed in much the same way as Simpson brought numbers back into defensive position to protect their lead. As Bethany pushed forward, space opened up for both teams and Simpson’s forward, Weaver took advantage of a Bethany error to put the score to up 3-1 | |||||||||
| Chris Norman was selected as Bruin Men’s Player of the week, having kept the Bruins in the game with a brave performance. He completed the game with 12 saves in an overall solid goal keeping display. | |||||||||
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