Junior midfielder Mauricio Ruiz and the Dundee-Crown offense were on point early in their Fox Valley Conference match against Jacobs on Tuesday night.
Playing with aggression and using quick one-two passes, Dundee-Crown found gaps in the Jacobs defense and scored twice in the first 10 minutes of the match. Both goals came from Ruiz, who was one of three Chargers to find the net during their 4-0 shutout victory over the Golden Eagles. The Chargers (12-4-3, 4-2-1 FVC) moved into third place in the conference with the win.
“That’s how we like to play,” Ruiz said. “We play quick and look for those gaps. We pressured them and keeping them under pressure helped us get that first goal. We always want to get the first goal to set the tempo for the team.”
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