PAPILLION, Neb. -- A pair of second half goals solved a halftime deadlock as Briar Cliff University defeated the Bellevue University men's soccer team 3-1 on Saturday evening.
Briar Cliff remains unbeaten to being the season, improving to 2-0-0, while Bellevue falls to 1-2-1.
Daniel Ehlin opened the scoring in the 25th minute heading down a corner from Arthur Rebeschini at the near post.
With just over five minutes to play before halftime, Fletcher Hedge equalized for Bellevue. Sebastian Zapata played a ball across the six to the oncoming Hedge who buried home the goal.
Two goals 3:14 apart in the second half saw BCU take command of the match. Hugo Mariage scored in the 58th minute; he made a move at the edge of the 18 and unleashed a shot high past the goalkeeper. Then, in the 62nd minute, Andrew Buchanan pounced on a bobble from Bruin keeper Taariq Ganga and poked home an insurance tally.
Hjalmar Nilsson made 12 saves for Briar Cliff, including several at point blank range and received some assistance from his goal post.
Bellevue out-shot Briar Cliff 18-13 included 13-5 in shots on goal. Ganga finished with a pair of saves for the Bruins.
The Bruins return to Papillion Landing on Saturday evening, Sept. 2 when they host York University for a 7 p.m. kick-off.
