Game Summary

WINONA, Minn. — With his team's hopes of a conference title dashed by their recent two-game losing streak, Eric Luzzi all but guaranteed that his Saint Mary's University men's soccer team would not lose a third straight game Saturday afternoon against Bethel.

Can Luzzi see into the future? Not a chance. Did he have a vision in his sleep? Not quite.

Luzzi's confidence could be summed up by four simple words — Tim Clemans (Cary, Ill.) and Shawn Stewart (McHenry, Ill.).

"There's no doubt in my mind that this team will come out ready to play,” Luzzi promised before the game. “This is a tight-knit group and I know that each and every one of them is going to give nothing short of their best to make sure our two seniors end their home careers on a high note.”

Which is exactly what they did.

Brian Reddish (Crystal Lake, Ill.) scored a pair of goals before the game was even two minutes old as the Cardinals snapped their two-game losing streak — and gave Clemans and Stewart the kind of sendoff they deserved — with a 2-1 win over Bethel in an MIAC match.

Reddish opened the scoring before most of the fans in attendance could even find a seat as he beat Bethel goalie Eric Berg with a shot just eight seconds into the first half.

And the freshman forward wasn't finished. Less than a minute later, Reddish was at it again, scoring an unassisted goal to give the Cardinals a 2-0 advantage.

Bethel finally got a shot past SMU goalie Bob Endemann (Woodridge, Ill.) on a goal by Tim Pellitten at the 66 minute mark, but it was too little, too late as SMU improved to 4-3-1 in the MIAC and 7-7-2 overall.