ST. PETER, Minn. — Hamline lost to Gustavus Adolphus 3-0 on Saturday. Hamline held Gustavus Adolphus scoreless after halftime despite facing 11 second-half shots but was limited to two shots for the game.
Hamline created the first of its two first-half shots with a corner at 4:24 and a
Cris Romero attempt at 8:37, but Gustavus Adolphus followed with sustained pressure that Hamline kept scoreless through two shots and two corners from 13:48 to 24:16. Gustavus Adolphus broke through at 24:58 on a Jack Isroff goal and added another at 26:59 from Joe Flory to put Hamline down 2-0.
Brandon Cruz Rojas made a save on Leo Runestad in the 34th minute, and Hamline also had a team save later in the half after Kieran Mahan's goal at 39:30 made it 3-0.
Finley Reibestein put Hamline's lone shot on goal in the half on frame at 42:27, but Jackson Baker saved it, and Hamline went into halftime trailing 3-0.
Hamline kept Gustavus Adolphus off the board throughout the second half despite facing sustained pressure in a 3-0 loss. Early in the half, Hamline absorbed eight Gustavus Adolphus attacking actions from 48:54 to 60:48, including three corner kicks and a Cruz Rojas save on Leo Runestad's shot in the 53rd minute. Romero and Reibestein were whistled for fouls during that stretch, and Hamline was called offside in the 56th minute as it tried to break out. Gustavus Adolphus continued to press late, but Hamline again avoided conceding from 78:09 to 89:35, with Cruz Rojas making another save in the final minute after a corner kick.
Cruz Rojas played all 90 minutes in goal and finished with four saves. Reibestein recorded one shot and put it on goal.
Hamline is 4-9-3 overall and 1-6-2 in conference play. Gustavus Adolphus is 11-3-2 overall and 7-0-1 in conference play.
Up next, the Pipers travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to face North Central University (MN) on Monday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m.
