MEDIA RELEASES

The Dominican University Stars advanced to the championship game of the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) Men’s Soccer Tournament with a 3-1 win over the Concordia University (WI) Falcons on Wednesday. The win marked the second consecutive season that the Stars defeated the Falcons in the NAC Tournament, last year defeating the Falcons in NAC Championship.

The Stars’ Juan Saldana (O’Fallon, MO) claimed the Stars’ first goal, scoring in the 13 ^th minute with an assist from freshman Michael Kapusta (Bartlett, IL).

Junior Plamen Pamukov (Addison, IL) tallied his 11 ^th goal of the season in the 17 ^th minute to put the Stars ahead 2-0. The Stars retained the two-goal advantage into the 47 ^th minute when the Falcons’ Zach Jensen scored to pull the Falcons to within one goal. That’s as close as Concordia Wisconsin would get as Saldana tallied his ninth score of the season as he beat the Falcons’ goalkeeper with a header inside the back post off a cross from Pamukov.

The win was the Stars’ 15 ^th of the season, improving their overall record to 15-3-1 on the season. Dominican will return to the field on Saturday as they host the Aurora University Spartans in the NAC Tournament Championship. Kickoff is schedule for 1:00 p.m. on Dominican’s West Campus Field. The Spartans advanced to championship match on penalty kicks, 3-2, after playing to a 1-1 tie with Edgewood College through two overtime periods.