WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg men's soccer erased a 1-0 second-half deficit to win its home opener over No. 15 St. Olaf 2-1 on Saturday, Sept. 3. The Knights now move to 1-0-1 overall on the season.
"Today's performance was a great program effort. St. Olaf is a tremendous, classy program, and it certainly took a great performance to earn the result. All of our guys own part of today, and they all are responsible for our future growth. It's our honor to help them along the way." said head coach
Mike Madigan on today's win.
Scoring Summary
- Clemente Aruch Puig got the Oles on the board in the 29th minute to make it 1-0
- 1-0 St. Olaf at the half
- Michael Dunn scored the equalizer in the 69th minute with a header that came from a Payton Chapman assist
- Mitchell Dickson beat the keeper and scored the game-winning goal with an assist from Paul Devine in the 89th minute
- St. Olaf outshot the Knights 14-12 in total shots
- Both teams finished with five shots on goal
Top Performers
- Dickson
- Game-winning goal
- Led team in total shots with three
- Tied for most shots on goal with two
- 33 minutes off the bench
- Dunn
- First goal of 2022
- Tied for most shots on goal with two
- Played all 90 minutes
- Chapman
- Free kick assist on Dunn's goal
- Recorded one shot
- Played 77 minutes
- Brennon Woody
- Recorded four saves
- Zero second half goals allowed
- Played all 90 minutes
Notes/Streaks
- First match against a ranked opponent since a loss to Central in October of 2019
- First win against a ranked opponent since a win over No. 9 Luther on October 5th, 2016
- Knights are now 12-13-2 vs. ranked opponents (Since 2004)
- Wartburg moves to 10-8 all time against St. Olaf
- First collegiate goal and points for Dickson
- Fifth career goal for Dunn
- 11th career assist for Chapman, he is five assists shy of entering the top 10 all-time at Wartburg
- Woody moves to 14-10-4 overall in goal
Next Time Out
The Orange & Black will continue non-conference play on Monday, Sept. 5 on the road against the University of Northwestern (Minn.) at five p.m.