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 Mike Banner |
October 23, 2004 SIUE Grabs GLVC's Top Seed No. 5 ranked Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earned the right to play host to the 2004 Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament with a convincing 3-0 victory on Saturday over Bellarmine. Mike Banner (Upper Marlboro, Md.) scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Cougars. His first goal came just 52 seconds into the game. It was all SIUE needed to wrap up its 21st consecutive regular season GLVC game without a loss. Michael Burgund (Bethalto) made his senior day a special one with a goal at 12:32. Banner grabbed an assist on the goal. Victor Pacheco recorded an assist on both of the first two goals. SIUE, 13-2-2 overall and 8-0-2 in the GLVC, also got a breakaway from Banner at 81:29. Banner split at least four defenders by himself at midfield and outplayed Bellarmine goalkeeper Brad Lipe for an wide open goal. Bellarmine is now 7-9-2 and 3-6-1 in the GLVC. SIUE plays at regional rival Truman State on Thursday in the regular season finale. The Cougars next plays in the semifinals of the GLVC Tournament at Korte Stadium on Nov. 5. The six-team tournament begins Oct. 31 when the No. 4 seed plays the No. 5 seed and the No. 3 seed faces the No. 6 seed. Both of those quarterfinal games will be played at the higher seed. -siue cougars- |