League-Leading Cardinals Halt Gopher Win Streak

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting Catholic University, the first place team in the Landmark Conference standings, halted Goucher College's three-game win streak with a 5-0 men's soccer victory Wednesday evening at Beldon Field.

• Catholic (9-4-2, 5-0 Landmark) took a 1-0 lead at 4:41.  Gordie Bernlohr's initial shot was stopped by Goucher (8-4-3, 2-2-1) goalie Ale Sternini (Rome, Italy/Williston Northampton) but Bernlohr put home the rebound.
• Sternini made another save just over a minute later.
• Jeremiah Odubade (London, England/Fairmont Heights) had a header at 7:37 snuffed out by Austin Coron.
• Domenic Caltabiano made it 2-0 just past the 17-minute mark.
• Jonathan Alvarado (Hyattsville, Md./International HS at Langley Park) had a shot blocked in the 27th minute.
• Sternini stopped all four shots on goal he faced the rest of the half.

• Sternini recorded a save on an Andrew Lowman shot four minutes into the second half.
• Xavier Dever (Hollywood, Md./Leonardtown) lifted a shot high 10 minutes in.
• Bernlohr tacked on his second goal of the game at the 64:09 mark.
• Gus Dalzell (Los Angeles, Calif/Waverly) had a shot blocked with eight minutes left.
• Catholic added two goals in the final 2:13 of the game, including a late own goal.

• Catholic held a 23-5 shot advantage and took eight corner kicks to Goucher's one.
• Sternini made eight saves, while Austin Coron turned aside one shot en route to the shutout.
• The Cardinals, the defending Landmark Conference champions, ran their unbeaten streak to four games.

• Goucher travels to Elizabethtown on Saturday for a 1 pm Landmark Conference match.
• The Gophers are back home for their regular season finale on Saturday, October 29, entertaining Moravian at 1 pm at Beldon Field.