Gonzaga University
St. Bonaventure
Bulldogs Beat St. Bonaventure 3-1
9/26/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 26, 2004
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Gonzaga University rebounded from Friday's disappointing 1-0 overtime loss to Cornell University to defeat St. Bonaventure University 3-1 Sunday at the Diadora/Clif Bar Tournament hosted by Oregon State University.
The Bulldogs evened their record at 4-4-0 while the Bonnies (4-2-1) went winless in the tourney after Friday's 2-1 double-overtime loss to the host Beavers.
Gonzaga turned to its veterans to provide an early lead, then got another goal from a rookie to ice the win. Senior Arni Pjetursson gave the Bulldogs a quick 1-0 lead at 10:47 with his third goal of the season on an assist from sophomore Luke Miller, his first of the season. The Bulldogs made it 2-0 at halftime when senior Jon Baune took a right-to-left cross from sophomore Steve Owens at 36:04 for his first goal of the season.
The Bonnies closed the gap at 83:36 when Konrad Paszkowski headed in a right-to-left cross from Andy Garcia to beat Gonzaga keeper Sean Sosnovec.
But freshman George Josten scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season at 89:43, Pjetursson collecting his first assist of the season. Josten leads the Bulldogs in scoring with nine points.
As they did in Friday's loss, the Bulldogs held the territorial advantage and had an 18-8 shots advantage. But unlike Friday they found the net as half of their 18 shots were on goal as St. Bonaventure keeper Sean Eyde was called on for six saves. Sosnovec had four for the Bulldogs.
The match was the final tune-up for the Bulldogs prior to opening West Coast Conference play Friday at Loyola Marymount University and Sunday at the University of San Diego. The WCC openers will end a stretch of six straight matches away from home. Gonzaga returns home Oct. 10 to face Santa Clara University.
