Jackets Unable to Catch Roadrunners in Season Finale (Oct. 18, 2004)
Box Score
DENVER, CO – Three different players
scored for Metro State on Monday as the Roadrunners ran past
Montana State-Billings, 3-0, in men’s soccer. It was the
final game of the year for the Yellowjackets, who conclude the
season with a 6-12-0 overall record. Metro State, ranked
third in the Midwest Region, improved to 11-3-1.
Phillip Owen scored his seventeenth goal
of the season just 15:45 into the game to give the Roadrunners
the only goal they would need. Metro out-shot the
Yellowjackets 10-3 in the half and 20-7 in the game. The
Roadrunners added a pair of second half goals to put the game
away. Antonio Porras scored at 51:59 and Nagui Sabbagh found
the net at 82:43.
All three of the Yellowjackets’ first
half shots were on goal but saved by Metro goalkeeper David
McReavy. McReavy made four saves in the game. Yellowjacket
keeper Kyle
Bales (Sr., Cody, WY) had two saves in each half to finish
the season with 69 saves in 11 games. After taking over the
goalkeeping duties at midseason, Bales posted a 3-7-0 record
and a 2.29 goals against average.
Thomas Pertuit (Sr., Billings, MT), Greg McKeever (Fr., Kirkland, WA), Dustin Kono (Jr., Aberdeen, SD) and Jesse Spann (Jr., Rock Springs, WY) each had one shot on
goal in the game. Pertuit finished his senior season with a
team-high 11 goals and 25 points. He scored 23 goals in his
four-year career, ranking him second in school history behind
David Austin.
For MSU Billings, 2004 it became the
third-straight season with six wins. The Yellowjackets were
6-11-0 in 2002, 6-9-1 in 2003 and 6-12-0 in 2004. |
