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The Staunton (IL) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) by a score of 4-0.

	1	2	Final
Metro-East Lutheran	0	0	0
Staunton	2	2	4

Final score provided by B. Lankford.

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Match Stats

Staunton (24-25)

Field Stats

Metro-East Lutheran has not entered any field stats stats.

Staunton

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	4	4	12
3	Peyton Luketich (So)	2	1	5
7	C. Buffington (Sr)	2	1	5
10	Lucas Klein (Fr)		1	1
22	Rhyse Rucker (Sr)		1	1

Metro-East Lutheran has not entered any field stats stats.

Staunton

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	4	32	16	.5
3	Peyton Luketich (So)	2	7	5	.7
5	Luke Andrasko (Jr)		1		.0
7	C. Buffington (Sr)	2	5	3	.6
9	Brody Hill (Jr)		1	1	1.0
14	Ricky Barnes (Jr)		6	4	.7
22	Rhyse Rucker (Sr)		5	1	.2
23	Ethan Sharp (Sr)		1		.0
30	Aaron Bodner (Jr)		3		.0
34	Matthew Overby (Jr)		3	2	.7

Metro-East Lutheran

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		22	4	18	.8	4.000
1	Alex Ruth (So)	80		22	4	18	.8	4.000

Staunton

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals			1		1	1.0
18 /	Chase Bodner (Fr)			1		1	1.0

Metro-East Lutheran

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals					1
1	Alex Ruth (So)					1

Staunton

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals			1	1
18 /	Chase Bodner (Fr)			1	1

Match Story

Illinois High School Soccer - Staunton knocks off Metro-East Lutheran

August 29, 2024: Staunton, IL 62088

The Staunton Bulldogs soccer squad scored 4 points and held the visiting Metro-East Lutheran Knights to 0 in the Bulldogs non-league victory on Thursday.

The Bulldogs now hold a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Lutheran/Calvary for a non-league bout on Saturday, August 31. Staunton will play a Crusaders squad coming off a 5-1 non-league loss to Athens/Greenview/PORTA/Illini Central (Athens, IL). The Crusaders record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Metro-East Lutheran moves to 0-1 on the year. The Knights host Gibault Catholic (Waterloo, IL) to play the Hawks in a non-league bout on Saturday, August 31. The Hawks go into the bout with a record of 0-3. Gibault Catholic lost 8-0 in their recent non-league bout against Freeburg (Freeburg, IL)

Players of the Match

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

Metro-East Lutheran has not selected any Players of the Match.

Staunton (24-25)

Congratulations to #7 Carson Buffington for being selected the Staunton Soccer Player of the Match.

MELHS @ Staunton Soccer Match Info

Thu., Aug. 29, 2024 @ 7p

Staunton Soccer Complex

The Staunton (IL) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) by a score of 4-0.

Rankings & Records

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

National	IL	Class
6,377	403	103

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
2-16	0-8	2-7	0-9	.111	.000	25	106

Staunton (24-25)

National	IL	Class
4,255	273	48

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
15-6-1	7-1	8-1-1	6-2	1-3	.705	.875	62	24

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final	SO
Metro-East Lutheran	.8	.6	1.4	-
Staunton	1.5	1.3	2.8	3.3

Team Stat Comparison

Metro-East Lutheran		Staunton
24	Goals	62
21	Assists	46
-	Shots	285
6.459	Goals Against Average	1.562

Team Leaders

Metro-East Lutheran		Staunton	National Avg.
#2 Jack Schwarz13	Goals	#22 Rhyse Rucker17	4
#2 Jack Schwarz5	Assists	#3 Peyton Luketich10	3
-	Shots	#22 Rhyse Rucker58	12
#5 Drake Luebbert5.333	Goals Against Average	18 / Chase Bodner1.562	2.281

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Metro-East Lutheran	1-6		Staunton	4-0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/11/24	Roxana	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 5-1	10/10/24	Roxana	Staunton	(W) 1-1
9/23/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Roxana	(L) 4-1
9/12/24	Maryville Christian	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 5-1	10/12/24	Maryville Christian	Staunton	(T) 1-1
10/1/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Maryville Christian	(L) 6-1
9/16/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Carlyle	(L) 3-2	10/4/24	Carlyle	Staunton	(W) 4-0
9/17/24	East Alton-Wood River	Metro-East Lutheran	(W) 4-3	9/21/24	East Alton-Wood River	Staunton	(W) 5-0
10/2/24	Metro-East Lutheran	Southwestern	(L) 2-1	10/1/24	Staunton	Southwestern	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)		Staunton (24-25)
2-16	Overall	15-6-1
0-8	League	7-1
2-7	Non-League	5-2-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	4-0-1
2-7	Home	8-1-1
0-9	Away	6-2
0-0	Neutral	1-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
2-16	In-State	15-6-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0