MEDIA RELEASES

The Dominican University men’s soccer team traveled to North Park University, ranked 12th in the nation by D3Kicks.com, with a five-game winning streak on the line and emerged victorious thanks to a second half goal by junior Matt Kochanowski (Arlington Heights, IL).

Kochanowski’s goal came unassisted in the 71st minute and proved to be the game-winner as the Stars’ defense kept the Vikings off the scoreboard for the team’s fourth shutout of the season.

Junior goalkeeper Piotr Sliwa (Chicago, IL) picked up his third shutout victory of the season, logging five saves in the winning effort.

The Stars then logged a 5-0 win over Lakeland College in Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) play on Saturday. The win kept the Stars perfect in the NAC, improving to 3-0-0 in the conference with three shutout victories. Junior Zlatan Hodzic (Chicago, IL) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 33 ^rd minute. The goal was Hodzic’s first of the season and his first career college game-winning goal.

Four other players netted goals for the Stars on the day with Nick Wisniewski (Carol Stream, IL), Stan Micic (Mt. Prospect, IL) and Nico Toro (St. Louis, MO) each logging their second goals of the season while Kochanowski scored his team-leading tenth goal of the season to round out the Stars’ offense.

In three conferences matches this season, the Stars have yet to surrender a goal and have outscored their opponents by a combined score of 18-0 in 270 minutes of play. Sliwa has logged two shutouts and combined for a third shutout, recording eight saves in 237 minutes in goal.

The Stars return to the field on Tuesday, September 25 as they travel to Benedictine University for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff under the lights at the Sports Complex in Lisle, IL.