Denver, Colo.: Two goals each by junior Kyle
Emge and freshman Ndo Chilaka powered the Rangers to a 4-1 win over
CSU-Pueblo in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's soccer
action. 16th-ranked Regis, now 10-1-2, spent the majority of
the afternoon in CSU-Pueblo's end outshooting the Thunderwolves
30-7.
Emge, who is tied for the team lead with eight goals, scored
just 3:34 into the match when Chilaka passed to Emge in the middle
of the field and Emge turned and blasted a shot past the
goalkeeper. 15 second before halftime, Regis got a big boost
going into the break when Patrick Freeman
served the ball to the top of the box and freshman Nicolas Morabito
headed it to Emge and he again found a spot in the back of the
net.
Chilaka scored his third and fourth goals of the season in the
second half when senior Nathan Kafer found
Chilaka in the middle of the field and he was able to use his
strong leg to get the ball through defenders and past the
goalkeeper.
With 10:15 remaining CSU-Pueblo got on the board on a penalty
kick from Brandon Herre to cut the lead to 3-1. Just under
five minutes later, Chilaka put away any doubts the Rangers had
when he got a pass to the middle from junior Ben Buhler who beat
his man on the right sideline and with his left foot again was able
to find the upper left hand corner of the net.
Freshman Doug Passalqua earned the victory in goal, his ninth of
the season, allowing just the one goal and making a great kick save
in the first half. With one more victory, Passalaqua will set
the Regis freshman season record. He is currently tied with
Derek Dilts who had nine during the 1992 season.
Regis will finish their three-match week when they host
defending NCAA Division II national champions and 25th-ranked Fort
Lewis on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
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