Dines, Jaskolski ensure No. 16 Hounds stay undefeated; team wins pair of thrillers
Brian Hungarter
Issue date: 10/7/08 Section: Sports
Sometimes, monotony can be a good thing in the sporting world, especially when you are winning. Another week of soccer, another two wins for the Loyola men's soccer team, (8-0-1) whose victories over Princeton and Quinnipiac move the team's regular season unbeaten streak to 16 straight games at home, 17 in a row overall, and 23 of 24.
"We played two good teams this week in two competitive games, and it is great to get the result in both of them," head coach Mark Mettrick said. "It is very good for the team to play these kind of games, it will sober us up and keep us in good shape moving forward."
The Greyhounds knocked off Quinnipiac on Saturday, as the Loyola soccer program celebrated their 1000th match, honoring the undefeated NCAA South Region champion 1971 team at halftime. The Greyhounds won their 621st game 5-4, thanks to a Mark Jaskolski rebound score with 31 seconds remaining in the match.
Loyola started with a frenetic pace at home, firing out of the gates to record the first two goals of the match in addition to having another two called back as a result of the referee's assistant's offside flag.
The first allowed goal came from the boot of junior Jamie Darvill, as the London native collected a long ball from fullback Charlie Hutton and found netting for his fifth goal of the season. The latter from an 18-yard blast from sophomore Eddie Dines, coming off a nice touch from Glenn Leitch.
"Our fullbacks did well getting forward into the attack," Mettrick said. "Its an area we need to get better in, but we saw the opportunity to attack in that formation and saw better quality against Quinnipiac."
Quinnipiac responded with a brilliant individual play from senior Graciano Brito, who beat his man before lofting a shot over the outstretched arms of junior Milos Kocic for the Bobcats' opener.
Loyola responded immediately after halftime, as Darvill recorded his sixth goal of the season thanks to a ball from sophomore Phil Bannister, before Bannister found the scorebook himself, outplaying his defender before running onto a Wade McHugh through-ball and firing past Bobcats keeper Frederick Hall for the Greyhound 4-1 lead.
"We played two good teams this week in two competitive games, and it is great to get the result in both of them," head coach Mark Mettrick said. "It is very good for the team to play these kind of games, it will sober us up and keep us in good shape moving forward."
The Greyhounds knocked off Quinnipiac on Saturday, as the Loyola soccer program celebrated their 1000th match, honoring the undefeated NCAA South Region champion 1971 team at halftime. The Greyhounds won their 621st game 5-4, thanks to a Mark Jaskolski rebound score with 31 seconds remaining in the match.
Loyola started with a frenetic pace at home, firing out of the gates to record the first two goals of the match in addition to having another two called back as a result of the referee's assistant's offside flag.
The first allowed goal came from the boot of junior Jamie Darvill, as the London native collected a long ball from fullback Charlie Hutton and found netting for his fifth goal of the season. The latter from an 18-yard blast from sophomore Eddie Dines, coming off a nice touch from Glenn Leitch.
"Our fullbacks did well getting forward into the attack," Mettrick said. "Its an area we need to get better in, but we saw the opportunity to attack in that formation and saw better quality against Quinnipiac."
Quinnipiac responded with a brilliant individual play from senior Graciano Brito, who beat his man before lofting a shot over the outstretched arms of junior Milos Kocic for the Bobcats' opener.
Loyola responded immediately after halftime, as Darvill recorded his sixth goal of the season thanks to a ball from sophomore Phil Bannister, before Bannister found the scorebook himself, outplaying his defender before running onto a Wade McHugh through-ball and firing past Bobcats keeper Frederick Hall for the Greyhound 4-1 lead.
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