The good times keeping rolling for the Saint Louis University men’s soccer team as they defeated two Atlantic 10 Philadelphia schools on the road, Saint Joseph’s University on Friday Oct. 19, 1-0 ,and then Temple on Sunday, 3-1.
These two matches were important as the victories put the Billikens are on top of the A-10 conference standings with three games to play in the season. The Bills are now 11-3 overall with a 5-1 conference record. SLU’s only loss in conference play is against No. 12 Xavier.
The St. Joe’s game was uneventful until the 71st minute when Alex Sweetin notched the only goal of the game. Sweetin scored his fourth goal of the year. Kingsley Bryce made the assist on the Sweetin goal.
Goalkeeper Nick Shackelford had his fifth shutout of the season and made two saves during the St. Joe’s game.
The Temple game saw the Bills score three goals. Temple was leading the A-10 conference before the game against SLU.
Raymond Lee scored in the 39th minute, David Graydon in the 46th minute and Adnan Gabeljic in the 77th minute. Gabeljic had a career day with one goal and two assists
The victory put SLU on top of the A-10 conference standings.
The team will face Charlotte on Friday and George Washington on Sunday.
Charlotte’s forward Giuseppe Gentile is the leading scorer for the 49ers. Gentile has seven goals and four assists this season. Another threat that Charlotte will bring to table is midfielder Jennings Rex. Rex has scored seven goals and had one assists.
Charlotte is No. 21 in the national. They have defeated one nationally ranked team this season. They will be a threat as the team scores 2 goals a game on average this season. The team has 30 goals so far this season.
Charlotte’s goalkeeper Klay Smith has a 0.76 goal allowed average this season and has allowed 12 goals this season.
George Washington’s Seth Rudolph is GW’s leading scorer with six goals this season. George Washington is 2-4 in A-10 conference play.
All of GW’s goalies have at least a 1.5 goal against average this season. GW has had to transition between three goalies this season.
SLU has a tough challenge with Charlotte. The Bills are seeking revenge after they lost to Charlotte 2-1 in double overtime last season, which ended the Bills chance to get into A-10 tournament.
The Bills are in a much better position this season at the top of the A-10 conference and not fighting for a position to get into the A-10 tournament. The Bills now are the hunted in the A-10 and Charlotte is a first tough test as they attempt to hold their position in the conference standings.
