In the words of Triton College men's soccer head coach
Piotr Sliwa, his team may have lost of the battle with Carl Sandburg College, but in the end his Trojans won the war as Triton avenged a regular season loss to the Chargers in a 2-0 shutout in the Region 4 Division II Quarterfinals Nov. 1 in Galesburg.
Triton fell victim to the Chargers by a 3-1 final on Sept. 28 in River Grove.
It was the second consecutive season that the Trojans has knocked out Sandburg in the postseason. Triton as a 12 seed won in the opening round 4-0 at Sandburg a year ago who was a five seed. History repeated itself with the Trojans (13-4-3) pulling off the upset as seven seed over the No. 2 seeded Chargers (12-3-3). Â
Triton got on the board in the 25th minute when
Gustavo Herrera scored off a corner kick setup by
Enzo Dagatti.
Mizael Arias would tack on the insurance goal for the Trojans in the 85th minute.
Adam Jedrzejczyk was outstanding in goal for Triton, recording seven saves including some key stops while the Trojans were protecting the one goal lead before the Arias strike.
The Trojan's reward is a date in Chicago Heights on Tuesday (Nov. 4) against No. 3 seed Prairie State College (10-7-2). The team have not met since a postseason meeting in 2022 that the Pioneers took in penalty kicks.
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