Men's Soccer
THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Men's Soccer team (6-3-1. 3-2-1 Heartland Conference) earned its second straight shutout Saturday with a 2-0 win over Rogers State (5-4-1, 2-2-1)Â at Patriot Soccer Field.
Jacob Garcia opened the scoring with his first goal of the year in the 65th minute.
Travis Whitt picked up his second assist of the season on Garcia's goal.
Ethan Martinez added the insurance goal in the 83rd minute on an assist from
Ryan Anderson.
Sean Bouland saved all four shots on goal to earn his second consecutive shutout.
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - The shutout was DBU's fifth of the season.
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Ryan Anderson extended his streak of games started to 66. He has started every game of his DBU career.
 - At 5-1-1 in games played at Patriot Soccer Field, DBU is one win away from matching its total of home victories from 2016.
DBU HEAD COACH CHIP DUTCHIK ON HIS TEAM'S ABILITY TO ADJUST
"All the conference games are always battles, and teams figure each other out sometimes. I'm very, very proud of our guys. We played 90 minutes of committed effort. But more importantly. our halftime adjustments were set into play, and our guys really played the game our way."
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
180 - Bouland extended his shutout streak to 180 minutes Saturday.
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Ethan Martinez now leads the Patriots with 13 points on the year. His five goals and three assist are both team highs.
2Â -Â Garcia became the ninth different Patriot to score a goal in 2017.
UPÂ NEXT
The Patriots travel to San Antonio for a Heartland Conference match at St. Mary's at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Rattlers defeated DBU 3-1 at Patriot Soccer Field on September 14.
