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Grizzlies kick Kangaroos out of Summit League semis

By Samantha Franz
Sports Editor

Go figure that the game-winning goal was scored by the player Oakland University's men's soccer team was missing up until a few weeks ago, as sophomore Stefan St. Louis punched OU's ticket to the Summit League finals Friday. The Golden Grizzlies won by a 2-1 margin.

“Certainly we’re very happy with getting the win,” said head coach Gary Parsons in a press release. “We did a nice job getting behind them and created a lot of chances in the first half. We could have scored four goals, but only had the one goal lead. The second half was even and Stefan got a key goal for us late and we did a good job riding it out over the final 15 minutes.”

OU's first goal was scored by Piotr Nowak late in the first half off a pass by Summit League Newcomer of the Year Martin Sandell. After the goal was countered by UMKC in the 64th minute, St. Louis sent the game-winner at the 75:34 and successfully held the lead for their bid into the finals.

The Golden Grizzlies will take the field Sunday at noon in Indianapolis and will face the winner of the Oral Roberts/IUPUI showdown.