Opening the Floodgates

Beavers are well known for their ingenuity, hard work, and dam building abilities. But on Wednesday afternoon, the ingenuity was not clever enough, the hard work was not tough enough, and the floodgates were opened on the dam. The torrent that is Luther Soccer was just too much for BV in the end, and the game reflected it.
Jackson Stalbereger opened up the scoring with a pukka (pukka was on Adam Pyzdrowski's word of the day email and means superior or first class) header off a Melchor Quezada corner. He was first to it as he broke to the near post and put it away in the top corner. With blood now in the water, Luther poured it on. Shortly thereafter, Jimmy Laroque found Adam Pyzdrowski in the box as Pyz tallied the second goal on a one touch finish. A few minutes later, Scotsman Michael Kustra got in behind to serve a ball and found Jimmy Laroque in the box who expertly took it down and put it in the back of the net on his second touch. On 23 minutes played, Luther looked up and it was 3-0, which is right where they wanted to be. Saul Rosales would close the scoring for the first half on a well-taken penalty after he was hacked down in the box. At the half it was 4-0 for the guys in blue.
Buena Vista never really threatened to score, and everyone who made the trip to Storm lake saw minutes in the second half. Luther appeared to be an uninspired side in the second half as the bitter cold and large lead looked to take their toll on the team. Tyler Brewer was able to score his first collegiate goal after a great combination from Sam Hwang, Saul Rosales, and Jake Kessler to make the count 5-0. All in all it was a good performance for the Norse. They have now won three out of four games and sit at 3-2 in IIAC play. They look to continue to their winning ways this weekend against tough non-conference opponents UW-Platteville and Gustavus Adolphus.