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ORU Strikes Four Times in the Second Frame to Defeat NSU, 4-1

TULSA, Okla. �€" Nikola Bogdanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) scored twice and Juan Chang (Guatemala City, Guatemala) added his team-leading seventh goal and an assist as Oral Roberts University rolled to a 4-1 victory over Northeastern State on a cold and damp night at the ORU Soccer Complex.



Jacob Schmoker (Catoosa, Okla.) put the Golden Eagles on the scoreboard with his second tally of the year. Schmoker used his speed to streak in on the NSU defense, received a pass from Chang, and buried the ball in the back of the net. Schmoker�€™s goal ended 64:13 minutes of scoreless play from both teams.



Bogdanovic scored his first of the night when he took advantage of a lose ball right in front of the net. NSU�€™s keeper Ransone Rose made a diving jab at a cross from ORU�€™s Miguel Peralta (Tulsa, Okla.) but Bogdanovic was in the right place at the right time to score his first goal of the year. His goal came just a little over four minutes after Schmoker�€™s.



That proved to be the game winner as NSU responded off a free kick from Clark Bradford that found Moses Emujakporue, who then headed it past ORU�€™s keeper Carlos Veron (Asuncion, Paraguay) to make it 2-1.



At the 84:22 mark Bogdanovic received a pass from Gary Duran (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) and chipped it over NSU�€™s Rose to have a open look at the net.



Chang then tallied his seventh goal of the year in the last minute of play after Eric Mattison (Granite Bay, Calif.) fed him the ball. Chang sneaked one in just inside the post to increase ORU�€™s lead to three.



The first half was scoreless as the Golden Eagles out shot the Redman 7-6. Both goalies had two saves in the first frame.



Veron played solid behind a good defensive effort for the Golden Eagles. The keeper recorded five saves to improve to 4-6-2.



Northeastern State fell to 8-3-3 with the loss.



With the win, ORU moves to 4-6-2 on the year.



The Golden Eagles travel to Peoria, Ill. to play Bradley, a Missouri Valley Conference school, on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.



-ORU-

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Players Mentioned

Nikola Bogdanovic

#11 Nikola Bogdanovic

MF/D
5' 10"
Redshirt
Juan Chang

#9 Juan Chang

F
5' 9"
Redshirt
El Shaddai
Gary Duran

#8 Gary Duran

MF
5' 9"
Sophomore
Miguel Peralta

#23 Miguel Peralta

F
5' 10"
Junior
East Central HS
Jacob Schmoker

#19 Jacob Schmoker

MF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Catoosa HS
Carlos Veron

#1 Carlos Veron

GK
6' 1"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Nikola Bogdanovic

#11 Nikola Bogdanovic

5' 10"
Redshirt
MF/D
Juan Chang

#9 Juan Chang

5' 9"
Redshirt
El Shaddai
F
Gary Duran

#8 Gary Duran

5' 9"
Sophomore
MF
Miguel Peralta

#23 Miguel Peralta

5' 10"
Junior
East Central HS
F
Jacob Schmoker

#19 Jacob Schmoker

5' 7"
Sophomore
Catoosa HS
MF
Carlos Veron

#1 Carlos Veron

6' 1"
Senior
GK
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