Creighton University
8-6-2
Drake
8-6-3
Men?s Soccer Blanks Drake 2-0
10/30/2013 11:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer
A pair of Creighton (8-6-2) sophomores scored on the evening. Second-year CU defender Eric DeJulio scored his first goal of the year as he connected on a header in front of the net following a corner kick by sophomore Timo Pitter to give the Bluejays a 1-0 advantage. The goal marked DeJulio's second in his career – both game winners.
Drake (8-6-3) kept the match at a one-goal game entering halftime. Creighton outshot Drake 6-2 in the first 45 and attempted three corner kicks to two for the Bulldogs.
The Jays scored again in the 57th minute as sophomore Christian Blandon sent a ball into the goal from left to right after assists by junior Jose Ribas and Pitter. The score was Blandon's third this season.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
Creighton continued to apply offensive pressure on the Bulldogs, forcing a change in net for DU as Rich Gallagher took the place of starter Darrin MacLeod just minutes after CU's second goal.
The Bluejays finished the night with a nine-shot advantage of 13-4 and led corner kick attempts 7-2.
CU sophomore goalkeeper Connor Sparrow earned the start and finished with two saves and improved to 2-1-1 overall while MacLeod took the loss to fall to 8-3-2.
Creighton closes out its home slate against BIG EAST foe DePaul on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT at Morrison Stadium as part of a doubleheader with the CU women's soccer team. The Bluejay men will honor their six seniors in a Senior Day ceremony this weekend.
Team Stats
DEJULIO, Eric (1)
Assisted By: PITTER, Timo
header into net from a few feet out on a
15:52
BLANDON, Christian (3)
Assisted By: RIBAS, Jose , PITTER, Timo
cross from left to right from 7 yards ou
56:16
