St. Louis – Pontus Gitselov scored a pair of goals to lead the Maryville University men's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Lindenwood on a rainy night at Hunter Stadium in St. Charles. 
 
What Happened – The Saints opened the scoring early as Rasmus Tauts stole a pass from the Lions goalkeeper and tallied his first goal of the year from 12-yards out to stake Maryville to a 1-0 lead in the 7th minute. Giteslov extended the advantage in the 26th minute as he took a pass from Tauts and scored from 25-yards away to give Maryville a 2-0 lead. Giteslov added an insurance goal in the 63rd minute as he collected a pass from Ricardo Andrade and found the goal to push the Saints lead to 3-0.
 
Inside the Numbers – The Saints outshot the Lindenwood 16-7 and gave up only one shot in the second half. Christian Kjaersgaard earned his first win of the season with a clean sheet while being credited with three saves. 
 
Records – Maryville – 1-1-1
                  Lindenwood – 1-2-1
 
Up Next – The Saints open Great lakes Valley Conference action Friday, September 14, as Maryville heads to Springfield to take on Illinois-Springfield. The match is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.