Box Score
Site: Adrian, Mich. (Activities Center)
Score: #RV Davenport 4, Siena Heights 1
Records: DU (11-2, 5-0 WHAC), SHU (5-6-1, 2-3 WHAC)
Next DU event: Wednesday, Oct. 9 – vs. Aquinas – 7 p.m.
ADRIAN, Mich. – Davenport allowed the first goal of the match on Friday night but then reeled off the next four including three from freshman Dzenan Catic as they picked up win number 11 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Siena Heights. The Panthers maintain their lead on top of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference as they improve to 11-2 overall and 5-0 in league play. DU will return to action next on Wednesday, October 9 when they host Aquinas College for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Dzenan Catic's strong start to his collegiate career continued on Friday night as the freshman posted his third hat-trick of the season to lead the Panthers to a come from behind victory on the road. The host Saints lit the scoreboard first in the ninth minute but it was all Davenport after that as the Panthers ended up out-shooting the host team 24-5 (10-2 on net).
The Panthers finally broke through on their first goal in the 29th minute when Lito Esquivel lofted a ball into the box and Catic put it away to start the scoring spurt. Catic then connected with Damian Goncalves with just under 13 minutes to play in the opening half to make it 2-1 heading into the locker room.
Catic made it a hat-trick at the 59:12 mark when he put away a cross from Dino Duratovic and the scoring was finished with just under two minutes to play on a sweet goal from Damian Goncalves with the assist from TJ Ifaturoti.
Mirza Harambasic recorded his 11th win in net as the senior posted one save on the night as the defense in front of him was outstanding.
Davenport will now enter a three-match home stand that gets started on Wednesday at 7 p.m. against cross-town rival Aquinas College
Post-Match Notes
Dzenan Catic is now just two goals away from tying the school record for tallies in a season (17 – David Wood, 2008)…DU as a team now has 44 goals on the season and the school record for that is 52 in 2008…Damian Goncalves matched his career high with his second goal of the season (tied his mark from 2011)…DU is now 12-4 all-time against Siena Heights and they have outscored the Saints 41-14 in those 16 contests
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