Titans Slay Green Knights For Fourth Straight Shutout Victory

Garrett O'Brien (Sr. • Shoreview, Minn.) had two goals and Robby Giljohann (Sr. • Brookfield) one goal and a pair of assists as the UW-Oshkosh men's soccer team recorded a 6-0 victory over St. Norbert College on Wednesday (Sept. 21) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.

It was the fourth straight shutout for UW-Oshkosh (5-1-1), which entered the contest ranked eighth in the NCAA Division III by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The win also improved the Titans' lead in the all-time series with the Green Knights to 23-5-1.

O'Brien scored both of his goals in the second half. He gave the Titans a 3-0 lead on an assisted goal by Chris Kurth (So. • Green Bay) in the 47th minute (46:45) of play. O'Brien then extended UW-Oshkosh's advantage to 4-0 on an assisted goal by Giljohann in the 54th (53:24).

Giljohann accounted for UW-Oshkosh's second goal of the match when he scored off a scrum in front of the net in the 42nd minute (41:42) of action.

Tony Starnes (Jr. • Green Bay) got things going for the Titans with an assisted goal by Giljohann in the 21st minute of play. UW-Oshkosh closed its scoring on goals by Hans Becker (Fr. • Madison) and Danny Kobin (Fr. • Cedarburg) in the 66th (65:40) and 86th (85:16), minute respectively. Becker scored off a cross by Ryan Redmond (So. • Lake Elmo, Minn.), while Kobin scored off a pass from Paul Marx (Jr. • New Berlin).

UW-Oshkosh was credited with 25 shots and four corner kicks. The Titans were led by the five shots of O'Brien and the four of Kobin.

St. Norbert College (0-6) was held to six shots, including two by Ruslan Vasylenko. The Green Knights earned two corner kick opportunities.

UW-Oshkosh goalkeeper James Pike (Sr. • Wauwatosa) played 67:52 of the match and went unchallenged. Taylor Zyvoloski (Fr. • Port Washington) replaced Pike and saved one shot in 22:08 of action.

St. Norbert College goalkeeper Scott Faul played the entire contest and saved six shots.

UW-Oshkosh takes to the road for a match at Carthage College on Saturday (Sept. 24).