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Falcons fall to No. 20 St. Louis, 4-2
10/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 9, 2002
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Saint Louis University handled Air Force 4-2 Wednesday in a non-conference men's soccer match before 1,667 fans at Robert R. Hermann Stadium in St Louis. Billiken senior forward Jason Cole scored two goals and assisted on another as Saint Louis snapped AFA's two-game winning streak.
Freshman forward Cooper McKee scored his first career goal at 11:55 to put the Bills on top. In tight quarters, senior midfielder Jack Jewsbury slipped a through ball to McKee, who drilled a 10-yard shot inside the right post past Falcons keeper Mike Taylor.
Jewsbury stretched his goal-scoring streak to three games by finding the back of the net at 37:45. Junior back Kevin Wickart's serve into the Falcons' penalty area was knocked down by the Air Force defense, but Cole collected it and found Jewsbury alone at the right post. Jewsbury pounded it home from six yards.
Air Force began to turn up the pressure in the early stages of the second half. Falcons freshman Colin Eames had a glorious opportunity to cut into the lead in the 51st minute, but his shot hit the far post and rolled laterally back along the goal line to SLU keeper Martin Hutton, who smothered it.
The Falcons finally ended the Billikens' string of five straight shutouts and 536 consecutive scoreless minutes in the 70th minute. Midfielder Tino Diaz beat Hutton high to the right corner from 12 yards with Thomas Clark picking up the assist.
Cole answered the challenge with a pair of goals in just over five minutes. After freshman midfielder Andrew Moses sent a cross into the Falcons' penalty area, an Air Force defender knocked down Jewsbury's shot, but Cole raced in to knock it in at 74:23. Moses picked up another assist at 79:50 as Cole skied to send home a header.
The Falcons weren't done as Air Force forced a Billiken defensive error and struck on a quick counter attack at 83:37. Senior midfielder David Auston put home a pretty one touch from sophomore forward Marcus Sagastume from six yards. It was the first shot that Billiken back-up keeper Jeff Sackman saw after relieving Hutton and was the first goal yielded in Sackman's brief career.
Saint Louis out-shot Air Force 17-12 and had a 5-1 edge in corners. Taylor made six saves for Air Force, and the Falcons' defense cleared two balls off its own line. SLU's Hutton made four stops.
The Falcons return to action this Friday by hosting Drury University on the first game of the AFA Nike Invitational. The game begins at 3 p.m. at Cadet Soccer Stadium.
