Game Details

Saint Louis 3, Central Arkansas 1

Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015

Hermann Stadium | St. Louis, Mo.

The Basics

Junior midfielder Jair Minors scored twice to propel the Billikens to a 3-1 victory over Central Arkansas Saturday night in front of a Homecoming crowd of 5,483 at Robert R. Hermann Stadium.

Sophomore defender Max Karcher opened the scoring for the Billikens when he connected on a corner kick in the 18th minute.

Both of Minors' goals were assisted by junior forward Joe Saad. 

The Billikens improve to 4-2 with the win, while Central Arkansas dips to 1-7.

Scoring Summary

SLU – Max Karcher (David Graydon, Anthony Brown), 17:18

SLU – Jair Minors (Joe Saad), 29:10

UCA – Wes Carson, 35:45

SLU – Jair Minors (Joe Saad), 56:07

SLU Starters

Tyler David (c), Marco Heskamp, Max Karcher, Filip Pavisic, Lennart Hein, Joe Saad, Faik Hajderovic, Jair Minors, Anthony Brown, David Graydon, Sascha Otte

Substitutes

Patrick Sarr, Vince Cicciarelli, Grant Owens, Eric Davies, Nebojsa Popovic, JT Cook, Brady Lenius

Billiken Notables

The Billikens out-shot the Bears 19-9 … the goals were Minors' second and third of his career and he was credited with his first-career game winner … for Karcher, it was his first goal of the year and the second of his career … it was the fourth straight win for the Billikens on Homecoming … SLU is 4-0 all-time against Central Arkansas … Graydon's assist was the 22nd of his career, which ranks him in the top three in the NCAA in that category among active Division I players.

Up Next

The Billikens host nationally ranked Indiana on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Hermann Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.