Men’s soccer cruises to 3-0 win, advances to quarterfinals

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A screengrab of the St. Thomas playoff matchup against Otterbein shows forward Shae Bottum as he lines up a kick. He turned this free kick into a 1-0 St. Thomas lead. (Photo courtesy of the BoxCast)

CHICAGO– The St. Thomas men’s soccer team (21-1) eliminated Otterbein University (Ohio) (19-2) 3-0 Saturday in Chicago to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs.

Forward Shae Bottum opened up the scoring for the Tommies in the 10th minute when he scored his ninth goal of the season.

St. Thomas carried a 2-0 lead into the half after midfielder Will Kidd scored in the 29th minute.

Forward Christian Elliehausen scored the final goal for the Tommies in the 55th minute to make it 3-0.

St. Thomas advances to take on North Park (Il.) (19-1-1) tomorrow afternoon at 1pm.

North Park, who are hosting the quarterfinal matchup, defeated Washington & Lee (Va.) 3-0 Saturday.

Brady Halbmaier can be reached at halb2084@stthomas.edu.