On a cool and breezy afternoon and with a great Homecoming crowd behind them the boys came out and played toe-to-toe with the nationally ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls. Both teams boast nationally ranked defenses and it showed as there was not many scoring opportunities in the first half. We held a 4-2 advantage in shots, but both defenses were solid and didn't allow any legitimate scoring opportunities.
I thought it was our best game all year as far as keeping possession and creating an attack rather than just sitting back and defending. We felt we were playing them even throughout the game and thought we were going to get the breakthrough for the game winner at any moment.
Salisbury held a 5-4 advantage on shots in the 2nd half and got the game winner in the 84th minute. We were solid the whole game in the back except for this one sequence where we left a man open for a pass near the top of the box and then failed to track the give-n-go which allowed the Salisbury attacker to get in behind the back line and slot the ball past our keeper.
The defeat was a heart breaker for the boys and the loss sets us back in the CAC standings with 3-2-1 record and drops us to the 5th seed, if playoffs were to start today. Overall we are 8-4-3 and have 3 games remaining.
We are on the road Wednesday for a vital game against Penn St. Harrisburg. PSU sits in the 6th spot with 3-3 record in the CAC.
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