Bobcats Blank Lycoming

Junior Defender Cody Buts

The team rebounded from the tough weekend loss with a 2-0 win over Lycoming College. Ryan Russell continued his hot streak tallying two more goals bringing his scoring streak to five consecutive games.

Senior Defender Jamie Flewellyn

It wasn't the prettiest soccer, but it was a shutout at home which is always nice to have. Russell would score on a nicely placed free kick midway through the first half and would put the game away with about 10 minutes to go in the second half.

Yacob Kahsai did a nice job of winning the ball back from a Lycoming defender and sent Ryan in on the backline. Ryan made a nice move to beat two defenders and then beat the keeper with a nicely placed ball towards the side netting.

Lycoming Goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh-24XaBm2I

Sophomore Defender Jard Fohs

Freshman Defender Mitchell Muise

The shutout was our team's fourth in eight games and we have only given up six goals in those eight games. Junior goalkeeper Abiye Jack has been impressive in goal and the backline has been very solid. Anchoring the backline is senior captain Jamie Flewellyn who has made a strong partnership with freshman center back Mitchell Muise. Junior transfer Cody Butts has been very consistent on the right side while senior Anthony Tossounian and sophomore transfer Jared Fohs have shared the duties at left back.

Senior Defender Anthony Tossounian

Next up is CAC opponent Mary Washington on Saturday. UMW is currently in first place with a 2-0 record in conference play.

Junior GK Abiye Jack





 





Bobcats Suffer First Defeat

Senior Jamie Flewellyn

Saturday afternoon was a true test of how far this team has come as we took on the #25 nationally ranked Seagulls of Salisbury on the road.

The game would not start out the way we wanted. Two early free kicks would give Salisbury a 2-0 lead just 16 minutes into the contest. This is where the team could have folded and packed it in, but instead they responded to their first true test of adversity and would answer back with two goals just four minutes a part to tie the match at 2-2.

Senior captain Jamie Flewellyn would get us on the board first as he would slide in the box to knock home the rebound off a deflected free kick. Minutes later Damian Ramos would send a ball into the box that was not cleared away enough and Ryan Russell would one time a shot into the back of the net for his team leading 5th goal of the season and his fourth in four games.

I was really impressed the way the team responded to being down two goals on the road and fought to get us back in the game before the half. The second half started out promising as we won the ball and got right on the attack and earned a corner. Unfortunately on the ensuing corner a FSU player would lose his cool and would be red carded for a retaliation foul while getting up from the ground.

The boys would respond again and they gave it all they had fighting to stay in the game despite being down a man for 44 minutes of play. We would absorb a good deal of the Salisbury attack and look for our chances to counter, but Salisbury would get the game winning goal 12 minutes into the half. We did our best to attack when the opportunities were there and we had some chances to pull the game back, but Salisbury is a very good team and they were able to keep us off the board in the second half.

Salisbury Goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQiWwROC4c

We will back at home this week for a non-conference game against Lycoming on Wednesday and pretty big CAC match-up against Mary Washington on Saturday. Right now Mary Washington is the only 2-0 team in the conference.

Bobcats Defeat Former AMCC Rival

Sophomore Jason Bennett

Last Tuesday we had our first away match of the season against Penn St. Altoona. One of our goals this year was to do better on the road, so it was nice to get off to an early start.

Ryan Russell would net his 4th goal of the season in the 7th minute of the game after pressuring the Altoona defender into a mistake and chipping the goalkeeper from about 20 yards out. Jason Bennett would score10 minutes later to give us the 2-0 lead.

Altoona Goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjx9asdgNk


That was all the Bobcats would need as the defense would hold Altoona to just one shot for the match.

The win pushes our record to 5-0-1, which is the best start since the 1991 team won it's first 15 games on its way to 17-2-1 record. The team also earned recognition by being ranked the #9 team in the South Atlantic Region at the beginning of the week.

Bobcats Take Conference Opener

Sophomore, Damian Ramos

The boys were pumped to be taking on St. Mary's, who was ranked 4th in the region, in the conference home opener. After failing to qualify for the CAC playoffs last year we were hoping to prove to ourselves and others that we were a team that would be there in the end this year.


The energy and attitudes were very high due to the early season success. We would take the lead 32 minutes into the contest when Damian Ramos' shot was helped in by a St. Mary's defender. Just 10 minutes into the second half Scott Wasser would drill home an upper 90 shot from just inside the box to give us the 2-0 lead.

St. Mary's goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfQBHcdZq7s
St. Mary's goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtKCFRigxyY

St. Mary's would press in the final minutes and would capitalize on a poor clearance in the 86th minute, but Ryan Russell would respond with his third goal of the season to put the game away with 32 seconds remaining.

St. Mary's goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCBpGVBR0Y

Junior, Ryan Russell

Overall it was a very competitive game by two quality teams, but I think we had a few more scoring opportunities and were more efficient in front of the goal on the day. The first road test of the season will be Tuesday as we head to former AMCC rival Penn St. Altoona followed by a road trip to Salisbury for a true test of where we stand this season.

Bobcats Continue Strong Start

Junior, Ryan Russell

After winning the FSU Tournament we have continued our winning ways with two more home victories against Bethany 2-1 and Waynesburg 1-0, putting our current record at 3-0-1.

The Bethany game was played in a torrential down pour, but despite the poor conditions the level of play was reasonably well. Chris Jones would net his first goal of the season midway through the first half to give us the 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

We seemed to be controlling the play and thought we had put the game away when Alex Brainard was taken down in the box on a breakaway and Jamie Flewellyn would score the ensuing penalty kick to give us the 2-0 lead. We did not do a very good job of seeing the game out being up 2 goals and a man due to a red card on the breakaway foul. Bethany would continue to push and were rewarded with a penalty kick of their own late in the second half to make it a 2-1 game.

Bethany goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhpcKonXwvI

We had a much better performance in the Waynesburg game. The score was only 1-0, but we controlled the play and were never really threatened as we outshot the yellow jackets 19-3. Ryan Russell scored his second goal of the season late in the first half on a nice finish from long distance. The team is starting to play with confidence and I really like our style of play right now.

Waynesburg goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0GWJjbzGk

Sophomore, Chris Jones

3-0-1 is a great start to the season as we get ready for our conference opener this weekend against St. Mary's.

Positive Start to the Season

Freshman, Joe Clarke

The Frostburg State men's soccer team started the 2011 campaign on a positive note by winning the FSU Kick-off Tournament over Labor Day Weekend.

On Friday night, Freshman Joe Clarke got his college career started in a hurry as he tallied his first collegiate goal just 41 seconds into the contest. Clarke would net his second goal in the 12th minute of the game. Junior transfer, from the College of Southern MD, Ryan Russell would make it 3-0 in the 31st minute. John Jay College (NY) would tally before the half to make it 3-1.

The Bobcats put up 11 more shots in the second half, but would only register one more goal from junior Scott Wasser.

FSU would take on Averett College (VA) in the Championship match on Saturday. This was a much more evenly contested game and with very humid and hot weather conditions, both teams would call upon their depth to see the game out. Frostburg held a slight 7-5 edge in shots in regulation, but could not find the back of the net. The game would go to overtime and end 0-0 with FSU getting off 3 more shots in the overtime period.

A penalty kick contest was used to declare a tournament champion. Junior goalkeeper Abiye Jack came up big for the Bobcats as he made 2 saves and saw another go wide. The Bobcats would claim the tournament championship with a 3-2 shootout victory.

Junior, Scott Wasser

Overall it was a positive start to the season for the Bobcats, last year FSU dropped both games of the FSU tournament. The Red and Black are back in action on Tuesday night at 7pm at Bobcat Stadium against Bethany (WV).

1st goal vs. John Jay, Clarke     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5ul1DB7jo

2nd Goal vs. John Jay, Clarke   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xLd0fmMjfA

3rd Goal vs. John Jay, Russell    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGH3-VHm17s

4th goal vs. John Jay, Wasser    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drI37PjUMOE