BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Saint Leo men's soccer team took down No. 1 Lynn University, 3-1, on Saturday evening in the midst of two lightning delay in Boca Raton. The Lions found success from its underclassmen, as two freshmen recorded their first career goals.

The Basics
Final Results: Saint Leo tops No. 1 Lynn, 3-1
Where: Bobby Campbell Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. .
Record: SLU 3-1-0, 1-0 SSC | LU 2-1-1, 0-1 SSC

How It Happened

27' | Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel (Jr., F, Drensteinfurt, Germany) opened up scoring for the game. Bafou Sanogo (Jr., F, Paris, France) dished a pass that split the defenders, Schulze-Geisthovel sunk the ball in to the corner of the left post. |SLU 1-0|
46' | Fresh off of half time, just 20 seconds into the half, Yuga Yanagisawa took advantage of a poor clearance from the Lynn defense, and put the ball in the upper right hand corner. |SLU 2-0|
78' | A Saint Leo foul gave the LU Fighting Knights an opportunity in the form of a penalty shot. LU's Chris Hellman stepped up and converted the PK. |SLU 2-1|
89' | In the waning minutes of the game, Lynn pulled up all 10 field players for a corner kick in an effort to convert to even the score. However, a misplay situation gave Pascal Derwaritsch (Fr., MF, Altlussheim, Germany) the ball. He took it from box to box, challenging just the keeper, and sunk it in the net to cap the take down of the No. 1 Lynn Fighting Knights. |SLU 3-1|

Points to Note 

• Both Yanagisawa and Derwaritsch both recorded their first career goals as a Saint Leo Lion.
• Saint Leo now has had six different players score in this young season.
• James White (Fr., GK, Portsmouth, England) made six saves, and moved his keeper record to 3-1-0 

For the Opponent

• Hellman tallied his national-best ninth goal of the season so far.
• This was the first game Lynn has ever lost in Bobby Campbell stadium.
• Lynn has now played down a man in the last two games due to red cards.

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