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August 30, 2007 Arcata, CA – Saint Martin’s was unable to hold off hot shooting Humboldt State University as they fell 7-0 in the opening game of the HSU Quiznos Soccer Classic Thursday afternoon. "A John Lennon song with the lyrics ‘nobody told me there would be days like this' summed up the Saints' afternoon against Humboldt State,” said head coach Rob Walker. “The 2-0 half time was pretty positive. There was quite a bit of good soccer played and a couple of little mistakes had proven to be the difference at half time.” The Lumberjacks got the scoring started early as Roland Demombynes picked up a goal just under three minutes into the game on a through ball from Eric Webster. Demombynes would get his second goal at the 20 minute mark to give Humboldt the 2-0 lead. HSU turned it up in the second half scoring five goals the first of which came within the first minute. Demombynes would pick up the hat trick with his third goal in the 68th minute off of a Saint Martin’s turnover. The Lumberjacks would pick up goals from Adam Tschannen, Zlatan Sahmanovic and Trel Mangarin before the game was over. Humboldt outshot Saint Martin’s 23 to 10 in the game. “We gave up a goal at the beginning of the second half and the "air" went right out of the balloon. When we look back on the game, we can point to a few occasions where we needed to perform at a little higher level and execute a key pass or tackle with better execution,” added Walker. “Humboldt punished us and then went at us with a good deal of effort. To their credit, they crushed us in the second half and we have to overcome some physical and mental issues that are stopping some very encouraging soccer. Tucker Maxwell, Vlad Voin, Erik Orozco were professional in their approach to a very difficult affair.” The Saints get set to take on Notre Dame de Namur Saturday at the HSU Classic.
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