Coquitlam’s Matteo Polisi scored two goals and set up another to lead the Simon Fraser University Clan men’s soccer team to a 5-1 win over St. Martin’s University Saints Saturday at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby.
The Clan now have five wins and a draw in six starts and they’re ranked No. 2 nationally.
Polisi opened the scoring on a penalty kick in the game’s fourth minute but then SFU’s offence went silent for the rest of the half.
It took just 10 minutes into the second half for Polisi to alight the Clan’s scoring attack again when he converted a give-and-go passing play with Riley Pang by snapping his fifth goal of the season past Saints’ keeper Griffin Small.
Seven minutes after that, Polisi returned the favour by helping set up Pang’s first goal of the season.
The Clan fired 26 shots, 14 of them on net.
Clan coach Clint Schneider said he was satisfied with his team’s dominating performance.
“I thought we played really well in the first half and dictated the play,” Schneider said. “We’re headed in the right direction with the way we’re playing.”
That direction will take them to Portland on Thursday where they will play on the Concordia Cavaliers at 7 p.m.
XC runners win in Minneapolis
Addy Townsend, of Coquitlam, finished fifth and Riverside grad Olivia Willett also finished in the top-25 to lead the SFU Clan women’s cross-country team to first place at the Roy Griak Invitational meet in Minneapolis, Mn. on Saturday.
It was the third win in as many meets for SFU’s women, who entered the competition ranked fifth in the NCAA.
“They came out with a real purpose in mind and believed that they could win this race,” said Clan coach Brit Townsend of her charges. “It was a great experience for us and I know that it will serve us well for the regional and national championships.”
The Clan will tune up for those championships on Oct. 7 at the Western Washington Classic in Bellingham, WA.
