On Saturday the boys faced undefeated and nationally ranked (#17) Salisbury University. We knew it would take our best effort on the season to compete with talented Sea Gulls. We followed through on our game plan by playing extremely hard, staying very organized in the back, and looking for the right moments to coutner attack. We would take Salisbury to overtime, but would fall 1-0 in the first overtime period. The "Heart" was there all game, but it looked like they had a little more left in the legs at the end of the match.
We were pleased with the positives from the game, but realizing a loss is still a loss, we were hoping to come out against Lycoming and finally put a total soccer game together.
On the road in Williamsport, PA to face Lycoming College on Tuesday we came out strong and had several chances in the opening minutes and continued to pressure until sophomore Shawn Baker put us ahead 1-0 midway through the first half. Lycoming would start the 2nd half with a much more aggressive attitude and were rewarded when the FSU goalkeeper misplayed a long shot on the ground and it bounced off his hands and into the back of the net to tie the game at one all. The game settled down about 10 minutes after the goal was scored and was much more of an even match. We would miss an open breakaway late in the game and would regret it as Lycoming would capitalize on a poor defensive clearance that would send a Lycoming player in on 1v1 to win the game with less than 5 minutes to go in the game.
The let down following the Salisbury game is very dissappointing, so now we are re-focusing on our work ethic and taking care of the ball in our defensive third.
This Saturday will be another challenging road test as we travel to face defending CAC Champion York College at 2pm..
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