From Jimmie Athletics

MITCHELL, S.D. (jimmiepride.com)– The University of Jamestown men’s soccer team staved off elimination from the GPAC postseason tournament with a 4-0 win at Dakota Wesleyan University Wednesday evening.

The Jimmies need to win at Briar Cliff (Iowa) on Saturday to leapfrog the Chargers in the standings and earn one of the eight conference postseason tournament spots.

Austin Shafer (SR/Jamestown, N.D.) scored twice to tie the UJ single-season mark for goals (14) with Jade Johnson, set in 2012.

Axcele Biteghe (SO/Libreville, Gabon) had a goal and an assist, and Kael Calder (FR/Vernal, Utah) also tallied as Jamestown reached the four-goal mark in each of its last four victories.

Shafer made it a 1-0 game in the fourth minute, then Biteghe extended the lead to 2-0 on an assist by Jona Toussaint (SO/Berlin, Germany) in the 27th minute.

The score remained 2-0 until the 88th minute when Shafer notched his second of the match. Calder rounded out the scoring 47 seconds from time as Biteghe was credited with the assist.

Jort Ruijssenaars (FR/Zeist, The Netherlands) stopped all three shots he faced to record the clean sheet. The Jimmies outshot DWU 9-6, including 7-3 in shots on target.