Bluejays Topple Dons in High Scoring Affair

Sunday, September 1

Omaha, Neb.

4:00 pm

University of San Francisco

0-2-2, 0-0-0

Creighton

2-0-2, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
San Francisco	0	2	2
Creighton	2	2	4

Photo by: Christina Leung

9/1/2024 7:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Gabby Rizzo

OMAHA, Neb. - The University of San Francisco men's soccer team (0-2-2) battled back with two second half goals on the road at Creighton (2-0-2) on Sunday evening, but the Blue Jays ultimately went on to top the Dons, 4-2, at Morrison Stadium.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Reid Roberts took the first shot of the game for the Dons at the 21:01 mark, but the junior was stopped by Creighton's keeper, Blake Gillingham.
After 32 minutes of play, the Bluejays were awarded a penalty kick and Jackson Castro converted it to go up 1-0.
Right before the halftime whistle at the 44-minute mark, Gavrilo Civric scored off of a corner kick from Roman Torres as Creighton took a 2-0 lead going into the break.
Coming back strong immediately in the second half, San Francisco wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as TJ Knight netted USF's first goal at the 47:52 mark off of an assist from Mason Dougherty.
The green and gold kept their foot on the gas offensively as Junhwan Park scored his first collegiate goal to tie the match less than ten minutes later at 54:17 following assists from Elias Thomas and Kian Jones.
Punching back to defend their home field, Creighton was able to put away two more goals to regain their lead with one at the 58-minute mark and the final coming at 66:15. Brayden Beason took the final shot on goal for the Dons at 83:51, but San Francisco ultimately fell to the Blue Jays, 4-2.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

San Francisco came back from having only two shots in the first half to outshooting Creighton overall, 13-11, which included seven shots on goal. Notably, they've outshot their opponents in all four of their matches this season.
TJ Knight led the team in total shots with three on the night, with one leading to his goal. In total, seven different players logged a shot on goal against the Bluejays.
Following his first collegiate goal on Sunday, Park and fellow freshman David Raphael are now tied for the team lead in shots on goal (3).

UP NEXT:
San Francisco continues their stretch of road games as the Dons will head to Washington to face Seattle U at Championship Field on Friday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. Live streaming and live statistics links are available via the team's schedule page.

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