St. Paul, Minn. – The Fighting Hawks soccer team put the pedal to the metal early and kept on cruising to a convincing 5-2 victory over the St. Thomas Tommies in the regular season finale on Sunday afternoon at South Field.
First half of competition was all NoDak, totaling two corner kicks and two shots in just the first three minutes alone.
Charlie Basinet opened the scoring with a first half brace, first in the 9
th minute and again in the 21
st minute to take the 2-0 lead with
Cora Ellermann,
Amelia Loeffler and
Natalie Enderle each tallying an assist. The halftime score turned to 3-0 after a score from
Hunter Borgel put UND firmly in control.
Another two goals within three minutes of each other—including a penalty kick goal from
Yui Fujii—early in the second half made it a 5-0 game before the Tommies netted two goals of their own. The momentum change, though, proved not to be enough as the Fighting Hawks headed home with the season-ending 5-2 win.
Despite the showstopping display, UND was edged out of the Summit League postseason tournament by Omaha, who narrowly defeated Kansas City, 2-1, mere minutes after the NoDak win to secure the final spot in the playoffs. UND concludes its season with an 8-7-3 overall record and a 2-4-2 showing in Summit League play.
Postgame Notes
- UND improves to 2-1-2 all-time against St. Thomas
- The Hawks finished the season 8-7-3 and 2-4-2 in conference action
- Three starters and one substitute combined for the five goals, led by Charlie Basinet's two-goal performance
- It was Basinet's second multi-goal performance of the season
- Grace Miller recorded one save early on in the affair
- NoDak held the advantage in both shots (18-14) and shots on goal (11-3)
- UND led with five corner kicks to UST's three
- Fouls were 14-13 in favor of St. Thomas, who also earned the lone yellow card
How It Happened
First Half
08:33 | UND -
Charlie Basinet (8) from
Amelia Loeffler and
Cora Ellermann
20:25 | UND -
Charlie Basinet (8) from
Natalie Enderle
34:46 | UND -
Hunter Borgel (1) from
Paula Moreno Diaz
Second Half
48:34 | UND -
Amelia Loeffler (4) from
Cora Ellermann
51:02 | UND -
Yui Fujii (3) – Penalty Kick Goal
62:31 | UST - Sophia Barjesteh (2) – Penalty Kick Goal
70:25 | UST - Melina Knowles (3)
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