NDSU vs. UND – October 23, 2004

The Bison extended their winning streak to five consecutive games by thrashing the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux for the second time this season. NDSU cruised to a 6-1 victory on a windy October Saturday in Grand Forks. For the first 15 minutes of the game, NDSU had a tough time mounting any semblance of an attack against UND. Poor passing and bad first touches on the ball attributed to the 0-0 score line. The Bison finally started putting some passes together and getting some shots on the net about halfway through the first period. In the 27th minute, the “Nathan Shubert Show” began. Nate Chandler sent a through pass to Shubert, who put the ball past the UND keeper for the game’s first goal. This seemed to get the Bison going, and the rest of the game was thoroughly dominated by NDSU. However, thanks to a questionable call by the referee, UND was rewarded a penalty kick late in the first half. Bison goalkeeper Andy Tierney came up huge with a diving save to his left, preserving the 1-0 lead. With 3 minutes remaining in the first half, Shubert struck again off a nice pass from Pat Beaver. The first half ended with the Bison up 2-0, but Shubert was far from done for the day. Just three minutes into the second half, Beaver connected with Shubert again for his third goal of the game. The Bison continued to dominate, and Shubert scored yet again in the 67th minute. Josh Staley was credited with setting up the goal this time. In the 75th minute, UND was finally able to mount a quick attack and put a nice shot past Tierney to get on the scoreboard. The Bison again suffered a temporary defensive breakdown, and were not able to get their second shutout of the season. NDSU struck again when Jesse Masloski was taken down in the UND penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick. Masloski put the penalty kick away for his first goal of the year. With 6 minutes remaining in the game, Shubert concluded his impressive game by receiving a pass from Kellen Nesvig and sneaking the ball past the UND keeper for his fifth goal of the game and 19th goal of the season. The victory improved NDSU’s conference record to 10-2 (11-4 overall), while dropping UND’s record to 5-4-2.