ST. CLOUD -- The St. Cloud Tech Tigers took control in the second half and went on to shut out the Willmar Cardinals 3-0 Tuesday.
"We played them even in the first half," said coach Richard Courtney. "Then we made a bad play on a ball where the sweeper and goalie didn't communicate and they went up two nothing. After that, we stopped working and quit passing. They outplayed us in the second half."
It was the Central Lakes Conference opener for both teams.
"We need to bounce back for Apollo," said Courtney, referring to Thursday's home game with the Eagles from St. Cloud.
SC Tech 3, Willmar 0
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Willmar (0-1, 0-2-1)...................0 0 -- 0
St. Cloud Tech (1-0, 2-0)...........1 2 -- 3
FIRST HALF - SCT: Mohamed Mohamed 9:00
SECOND HALF - SCT: Tati Bongora 47;00 ... SCT: Mohamed Mohamed 76:000
Shots - Willmar: 11 ... St. Cloud Tech: 26
Goalie saves - Willmar: Ethan Vogel 12, ... St. Cloud Tech: 5
Non-Conference
Southwest Christian 3, Central Minn. Christian 1
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Derrick Bulthuis supplied the only scoring for Central Minnesota Christian as the junior converted on a penalty kick in the 38th minute of the first half.
CMCS (0-2)................................1 0 -- 1
SW MN Christian (2-1)..............1 2 -- 3
FIRST HALF - SWMC: Kyle Schellhaaus (unassisted) 2:00 ... CMCS: Derrick Bulthuis (penalty kick) 38:00
SECOND HALF - SWMC: Tommy Van-Thoff (unassisted) 44:00 ... SWMC: Caleb Sandbolte (unassisted) 79:00
Shots on goal - Central Minnesota Christian: 6 ... Southwest Minnesota Christian: 13
Goalie saves - Central Minnesota Christian: Michael Schwitters 10 ... Southwest Minnesota Christian: Elliot Spronk 5
