On Friday night we faced off against Grove City College. This was a hard fought game as both teams worked extremely hard and had a lot of energy on opening day. Neither team produced too many scoring opportunities, but Grove City did hold the advantage in shots.
With about a minute and a half left in the second overtime senior Chris Jones made a tackle in the box and freshman Chris Herbert launched a ball all the way down field to a charging Pablo Torrano. Torrano took off and out competed two Grove City defenders for the ball and tucked away a left-footed shot in the corner to give us the opening day win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUp6PeHquZU
On day two the boys were able to get in more of a rhythm against Pitt Greensburg and were able to knock the ball around a little bit more. Late in the first half Kunle Akinfeleye tapped home a sitter as Chris Jones slid the ball across the box after a corner kick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiw9mKk8iFI
Freshman Chris Herbert notched his first collegiate goal minutes after to give us the 2-0 lead and all the insurance we would need. The defense did well holding Greensburg to just two shots including zero in the second half.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9PKbkSutzs
It was a great way to start the season getting two shut-outs at home, but we know we have a lot of work to do still. We had some guys step up and play some significant minutes while we deal with some early season injuries. We hope to have Kyle Walczak, Michael Norman, and freshman Jonah Mohre back in about a week, but will probably have to wait a little longer before Bryan Whitmore and Mitchell Muise can take the field.
We return to action on Wednesday night at 7pm against Bethany College.
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