WAUKESHA, Wis. – Junior
Salah Aghlaf (Casablanca, Morocco) scored in the 83rd minute Saturday to lift Augustana to a 1-0 victory over Carroll at Schneider Stadium. Coach
Mick Regan's side improved to 3-
Junior Salah Aghlaf scored in the
83rd minute Saturday to lift
Augustana to a 1-0 win at Carroll.
5 overall and 1-1 in the CCIW, while the Pioneers dropped to 0-9-1 on the season and 0-2 in the CCIW.
Carroll outshot its guests 4-1 in the first half, but couldn't get on the board. Viking keeper
Jeremy Klaber (Stevenson HS, Buffalo Grove, lll.) recorded two saves to keep the match scoreless at intermission.
Augustana picked up the offensive pace early in the second half. Pioneer keeper Peter Villafuerte stopped shots by Chris Plant
(Larkin HS, Elgin, Ill.),
Jack McKearnan (Warren HS, Gurnee, Ill.) and
Tyler Duggan (Broomfield HS, Broomfield, Colo.) in the first 15 minutes of the period.
Finally, in minute 83, Aghlaf tallied his first collegiate goal to give the Vikings the lead.
McKearnan tried to extend the advantage, but misfired on a pair of shots in the final five minutes.
Klaber, along with Augustana defenders Duggan,
Sander Soerhaug (Vardafjell VGS, Haugesund, Norway),
Adam Baumann
(Normal West HS, Bloomington, Ill.) and
Daniel Artman (Schaumburg HS, Hanover Park, Ill.) finished off the shutout, as Carroll got off just one shot in the final 20 minutes of the match.
Klaber and Villafuerte each made four saves.
The Pioneers ended up with a 9-7 advantage in shots. Each side put five attempts on frame. The Vikings led in corners 3-2 and committed 12 fouls to eight for Carroll. Augustana was issued three yellow cards and the hosts one.
Regan's crew visits Beloit on Wednesday, October 3 for a match scheduled for 4:30 p.m.