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Men's Soccer Andrew Simpson

Mavrikos, Caminiti power Mustangs past Brock 3-2

Sept. 12: Western 3, Brock 2 (Mavrikos 2G, Caminiti 1G)

LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs used three unanswered goals to beat the Brock

Badgers 3-2 Saturday afternoon at TD Waterhouse Stadium. Niko Mavrikos scored two

goals and Vince Caminiti added the third. Andrew Murdoch was strong in goal making

a number of saves in the second half to protect the lead.

The Mustangs are now 4-0 on the season. The two goals allowed were the first ones

that Western had given up all year.

The Badgers opened up the scoring off a failed clearance by goalkeeper Andrew

Murdoch ricocheted off Brock striker Erik Van Wissen and back into the unoccupied

net. This made it 1-0 13 minutes into the first half.

Vince Caminiti, of London, Ont., took advantage of the Brock goaltender being out

of poisition as his shot from the corner of the box evened it at 1-1 in the 19th

minute.

Western was right back on the offensive and a minute later a beautiful cross from

Caminiti found Mavrikos but his strike went just high over the goal. Caminiti

continued the offensive pressure and his shot in the 41st minute went off the

keeper directly to Mavrikos who hammered it home to make it 2-1 for Western.

The half did not slow down the Mustangs as less than a minute into the second half

Mavrikos buried his second goal of the game.

However, Brock continued to fight and a defensive error from Western left Dan

Baldasserra wide open behind the defence and he found the net to make it 3-2 in the

55th minute.

The Badgers battled hard, and stepped up the pressure with a number of scoring

chances late in the game but Andrew Murdoch kept the score at 3-2 by making a

couple of brilliant saves.

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