Box Score

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – Saint John's University senior Colin Hall's first goal of the season 2:48 into the first overtime gave SJU a 1-0 conference victory at Bethel on Saturday, Oct. 16.

Freshman Joe Balder (Stillwater, Minn.) played the ball behind the Royals' defense to fellow freshman Michael Coborn (St. Cloud, Minn./Cathedral), who in traffic, passed it to a wide-open Hall (Maple Grove, Minn.). The goal is the 13th of his career.

Senior Matt Anderson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) made seven saves to record his fourth shutout of the season and improve to 3-2-2 on the year. He made a game-saving stop, on a point-blank blast from 15 yards out, near the end of regulation. Anderson now boasts a .910 save percentage and a 0.68 GAA.

The Johnnies' hopeful road to the MIAC Playoffs continues next Saturday, Oct. 23, at Saint Mary's. The match is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Winona. 

SJU currently sits on the bubble (the top four teams advance) with 11 points and three conference games to play (a win counts as three points toward the MIAC standings). First-year head coach John Haws' squad was picked to finish ninth out of 11 teams in the 2010 MIAC Preseason Coaches' poll.