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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS
2
Winner Davenport DUMS (1-0)
0
Belhaven (Miss.) BU (0-1)
Winner
Davenport DUMS
(1-0)
2
Final
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Belhaven (Miss.) BU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Davenport DUMS 1 1 2
Belhaven (Miss.) BU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | By: Aaron Sagraves | @aaronsagraves26

One Goal in Each Half Propels Men’s Soccer to 2-0 Win in Season Opener

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 2014 season is underway for the men's soccer season and the No. 21 ranked Panthers picked up an impressive 2-0 victory over No. 25 Belhaven (Miss.). Dzenan Catic scored the opening goal and TJ Ifaturoti followed with one in the second half as Davenport will stay in Alabama where they will meet No. 2 Auburn Montgomery on Monday.

The Capital City Classic features four of the top teams in the country and Davenport proved it belongs in the opener with a 2-0 win over the Blazers from Belhaven. Alex Ghattas played all 90 minutes in net for head coach Chris Hughes and the senior finished with three saves.

Coming off a 19-win season in 2013, the men's soccer team put together one of the hardest schedules in the country and the Panthers got tallies from two of their three leading scorers from a year ago in Dzenan Catic and TJ Ifaturoti.

Catic scored the opening goal in the first half on a ball sent in from fellow junior Omar Mansah. Catic put the ball by the keeper in the lower left corner and DU went into the half up 1-0. After seeing the Blazers come out more offensive in the second half, DU responded with more offense of their own when TJ Ifaturoti one-timed a cross from Collin Mohr to finish the scoring in the 82nd minute.

Davenport outshot the Blazers 16-12 (7-3 on net) while the Panthers finished with the only three corner kicks of the contest.

DU will turn around on Monday and face the host school and No. 2 ranked Auburn Montgomery at 6:30 p.m. EST.

Post-Match Notes
The win is the first ever over an NAIA Top-25 program in school history for men's soccer...After going 3-3 last year against teams inside the Top-25 or receiving votes section, DU opens the season 1-0…The matchup with AUM on Monday will match the highest ranked opponent DU has faced in school history (Notre Dame – Ohio, 2010)…DU is now 1-0 against Belhaven and brings an 0-2 all-time mark into matchup with AUM
 
Men's Soccer Contact: Aaron Sagraves | 616-554-5045 | asagraves@davenport.edu
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