SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Saturday's victory was a cause for an additional celebration.
By virtue of their 2-1 win against Dominican, the Azusa Pacific men's soccer team gave head coach Dave Blomquist his 100th career win.
Mr. 100: In his ninth season at the helm of the program, Blomquist's career record now stands at 100-49-12. He is the third coach at Azusa Pacific to hit the century mark. Previously Don Lawrence (180-120-31) and Phil Wolf (107-25-15) turned the trick.
HOW IT HAPPENED: The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the 60th minute when Aleksandar Pumpalovic beat the Penguins goalkeeper Wyatt Walsh on a one-on-one ball from Callum Wallace.
Dominican got the equalizer in the 72nd minute when Austen McGregor partnered with Damian Cortez for his third goal of the season.
Azusa Pacific got the game winner in the 88th minute. Kaleb Armbrust scored her team leading fourth goal of the season on a penalty kick that beat Walsh on the right side. The penalty kick was drawn after Stephen Flora played a beautiful ball into the box to Callum Wallace. While working against the defender Wallace drew a hand ball against the defender.
QUOTEABLE
Win No. 1
"On the one had I am proud of the program and the coaches who came before me who did a great job with it and to carry the torch is great. I'm trying to influence these players and a transformed life is bigger than a 100 wins. That's really what we are shooting for in this program," head coach Dave Blomquist.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Azusa Pacific held a 16-11 edge in overall shots (7-4 on goal)
- Nathanel Linquist made three saves for his first collegiate win in his second start
- Arturo Astorga took a team high three shots
- 10 different Azusa Pacific players took a shot
WHERE THE COUGARS STAND: With the win the Cougars are 2-7-1 overall with a 2-3-1 record in PacWest games. Azusa Pacific has an opportunity to add to their win column total on Monday when they travel to Notre Dame de Namur for 3:00 p.m. game.
