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Northwestern Bests Eastern Illinois, 2-1, to Win Vanderbilt's Puma Soccer Classic
9/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 19, 2004
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sophomore Brad North (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands) scored two goals as Northwestern topped Eastern Illinois, 2-1, Sunday afternoon to finish 1-0-1 in Vanderbilt's Puma Soccer Classic and win the tournament title.
North, named the tournament's MVP, opened the scoring just six seconds before the end of the first half, putting in a cross on assists by Eric Brin (Westlake, Calif./Westlake) and David Roth (St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade).
The sophomore's second goal of the match, a header assisted by Brad Napper (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit College Prep) and Gerardo Alvarez (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) came in the 50th minute to give NU the 2-0 lead.
Eastern Illinois would score in the 78th minute, but the Wildcats were able to hold on for the win. Joining North on the all-tournament team were Napper, Alvarez and Roth.
NU (5-1-1) is now unbeaten in its last five matches.
Northwestern returns to action at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, against Oral Roberts in the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic in Evansville, Ind.
2004 Vanderbilt University PUMA Classic
Friday, Sept. 17
Memphis def. Eastern Illinois, 3-1 (2OT)
Northwestern and Vanderbilt tied, 3-3
Sunday, Sept. 19
Northwestern def. Eastern Illinois, 2-1
Vanderbilt def. Memphis, 1-0 (2OT)
Champion: Northwestern
2nd Place: Vanderbilt
3rd Place: Memphis
4th Place: Eastern Illinois
All-Tournament Team:
MVP: Brad North, Northwestern
David Roth, Northwestern
Brad Napper, Northwestern
Gerardo Alvarez, Northwestern
John Krause, Vanderbilt
Joe Germanese, Vanderbilt
Eric Steen, Vanderbilt
Sebastian Vecchio, Memphis
Dayton O'Brien, Memphis
Jimmy Klatter, Eastern Illinois
Mick Galeski, Eastern Illinois
