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Landon Hendricks stopped all 12 shots on goal, many from point blank range, and Eli Bolyard sored twice to carry the Swanton Bulldogs over the Toledo Start Spartans 3-0 at Thomas Krupitzer Soccer Field Monday afternoon.  The Spartans, a team with speed and excellent ball handling skills, put a lot of pressure on the Bulldog defense and Hendricks throughout the game.  “My defense was really helping me out there.  We really worked together in this game,” explained the sophomore goal keeper.  Not only did the Swanton goalie keep the ball out of the net to record his second consecutive shutout, he cutoff multiple cross-crease passes and saved several defensive deflections from crossing the outside goal lines and giving the Start offense corner kick opportunities.  “Ronnie (Coach Rico) tells me to keep those in bounds so we don’t have to worry about any more kicks coming at us.”

The Spartans may have controlled the ball more often in the early going, but it was Swanton who scored first when Eli Bolyard took a pass from Coby Sharrit and drilled a shot past Start goalie Parker Robedeau at the 32:18 mark of the first half for a 1-0 lead.  With 11:34 to go before halftime, Bolyard fed Seth Tedrow deep in the Spartan crease for another score to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 heading into the break.  Bolyard scored again, his sixth goal in the past two games, to give Swanton a somewhat comfortable 3-0 cushion but there was still 27:26 remaining in the contest.  Start ratcheted up their offense the rest of the way, but the Bulldog defense was able to keep them off the scoreboard.

The Bulldogs record moves to 3-1-1 with the win.  Swanton goes on the road for the next two matches, first to Emmanual Christian to take on the Warriors on Thursday, then to Maumee on Saturday to face the Panthers.

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Photo: Swanton sophomore goalie Landon Hendricks earns the shutout against Toledo Start