Storm, Cougars topple Rams in UMAC Play

Final	1	2	T
North Central (3-6-1, 2-4 UMAC)	0	1	1
Minn.-Morris (5-5-1, 5-1 UMAC)	4	3	7

Scoring Summary
1st - 5:03	Devin Chuba (Minn.-Morris)
1st - 15:05	Ebrima Badgie (Minn.-Morris)
1st - 21:11	Ebrima Badgie (Minn.-Morris)
1st - 43:39	Ravi Butler (Minn.-Morris)
2nd - 54:50	Christian Stepaniak (North Central)
2nd - 58:41	Ebrima Badgie (Minn.-Morris)
2nd - 69:18	Mitchell Boster (Minn.-Morris)
2nd - 71:12	John Hastings (Minn.-Morris)

North Central	Minn.-Morris
G: Christian Stepaniak - 1 A: N/A Sh: 6 Players (#3, #6, #11, #13, #15, #18 - 1) Sv: Nathan Kraines - 10	G: Ebrima Badgie - 3 A: 4 Players (#5, #6, #28, #31 - 1) Sh: Ebrima Badgie - 5 Sv: Ricardo Pinto - 1

TEAM STATISTICS	North Central	Minn.-Morris
Shots (on goal)	6 (2)	34 (17)
Saves	10	1
Fouls	6	5
Corner Kicks	3	11
Offsides	0	2

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Final	1	2	T
North Central (3-5-1)	0	1	1
Crown (Minn.) (4-5)	0	2	2

Scoring Summary
2nd - 51:22	Christian Stepaniak (North Central)
2nd - 56:16	Kevin Hepner (Crown (Minn.))
2nd - 82:55	Jonathon Kue (Crown (Minn.))

North Central	Crown (Minn.)
G: Christian Stepaniak - 1 A: N/A Sh: Stephen Johnson - 5 Sv: Nathan Kraines - 13	G: 2 Players (#10, #14 - 1) A: Jason Budish - 1 Sh: Truman Shetler - 12 Sv: Duncan Sloan - 8

TEAM STATISTICS	North Central	Crown (Minn.)
Shots (on goal)	13 (10)	37 (15)
Saves	13	8
Fouls	12	4
Corner Kicks	5	7
Offsides	0	0

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-- North Central University Men's Soccer was on the short end of a pair of weekend road conference matches on Friday and Saturday. Friday saw NCU strike first but come up short in the final five minutes in a 2-1 loss at Crown College. Saturday the Rams were the victims of an offensive outburst that game the University of Minnesota-Morris a 7-1 win in Morris.

North Central battled Crown College (St. Bonifacius, Minn.) to a scoreless first half draw and then took the lead in the 52nd minute when sophomore forward Christian Stepaniak (Woodbury, Minn./Maranatha Christian) fired home a shot from 30 meters out for his fifth goal of the season. 

Five mintues later Crown equalized and the game would remain knotted at 1-1 until the 83rd minute. Crown got the eventual game winner to send the Rams to a 2-1 road loss.

Saturday the Rams traveled to Morris, Minnesota for a battle with the Cougars of Minnesota-Morris. Four first half goals buried the Rams early and UMM did not relent in the final half to earn a 7-1 win over NCU.

Christian Stepaniak scored the lone Rams tally in the 55th minute to establish himself with a team leading 6th of the year. The score also puts him seventh in goals scored in the UMAC.

NCU will be off until the weekend when they play a Friday/Saturday UMAC double header against Northwestern College (St. Paul, Minn.). 

Friday the Rams host the Eagles at 4:30 p.m. at Coon Rapids Soccer Complex. Saturday NCU will travel to Northwestern for a Noon kickoff.