Pertuit’s Record Gives Yellowjackets Victory (Sept. 2, 2004)
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Thomas Pertuit scored a
school-record four goals Thursday afternoon to lead the Montana
State-Billings men’s soccer team to a 4-3 victory over Vanguard
University. The game was at the Westminster College tournament
that runs through Saturday. The Yellowjackets improved to 2-1 for
the season, dropping Vanguard to 1-1.
Pertuit (Sr., MF, Billings, MT) tied Brian
Palmer’s school record of four goals and eight points, scoring one
in the first half and three in the second. Palmer (Laramie, WY),
now a senior forward on the team, posted his four-goal game in
2001 against Morningside University.
With the Yellowjackets down 3-2, Pertuit
found the net twice within ten minutes late in the game to deliver
the win. He scored the tying goal at 73:50 on a free kick, and
headed in the game winner at 82:59 off a crossing pass from Robbie Thimm (Sr., MF, Park City, UT).
Pertuit opened the scoring just 8:15 into the
game when he connected on a penalty kick. His second goal tied
the game at 2-2 in the sixty-fifth minute when he headed in
Thimm’s free kick.
“The first goal was on a penalty kick, and to
be honest I wasn’t sure I was going to let him take it,” said
Yellowjacket head coach Doug Seigle. “He hadn’t been hitting them
in practice this week, but he said was feeling good so I let him
take it. The other three goals were just him working hard.”
The four goals give Pertuit 16 for his
career, ranking him third in school history. The eight points
vault him into second place in school history with 43 career
points. Pertuit’s record is the second single game record set by
the Yellowjackets in the young 2004 season. Jesse Spann (Jr., MF,
Rock Springs, WY) scored the fastest goal to start a game in
school history last week when he found the net 1:30 into a win
over Humboldt State.
Jess Feldtman (Jr., GK, Lander, WY) earned
his second victory of the season in goal, making five saves. One
of the goals he allowed came off a rebound in the final minute of
the first half.
“Thomas and Robbie played well, and Jess made
some great saves that kept us in it,” said Seigle. “To be honest,
they got the best of us in the first half. I thought they were
going to put us away early in the second half, but with about 17
minutes left we started to get some opportunities. Nobody gave up
and the difference was we started winning the 50/50 balls. We had
some important players struggle today. When everyone starts
playing well, I think we’ll be tough.”
The Yellowjackets continue tournament play on
Friday when they face host Westminster College at 4:00 p.m.
Vanguard defeated Westminster, 4-0, on Wednesday. MSU Billings
will wrap up the tournament against Newman University on Saturday
at 12:30. The Yellowjackets will drive back to Billings after
Saturday’s game and host University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
on Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. |
