Big First Half Propels Bobcats Past Lions

Freshman Serigne Gueye

Wednesday evening could have been the well known "trap" game.  With the Salisbury match looming at the weekend and Penn St. Harrisburg struggling to get things going we could have lost focus on the match at hand, but we stayed strong and put Harrisburg away 4-0.

We were hoping to take them out of the game with an early goal, but it took a little longer than we had hoped for to get things going.  Once we got the first goal we were able to keep the pressure up and notched two more goals in the next 17 minutes.

Kelvin Tata started things off when he made a great deep run from the midfield and Elliot Quinteros found him with a nice service that put Tata in 1v1 with the keeper for the 1-0 lead.

Tata goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUM0Re2NslI

Jon Lippitt notched his second of the season when he picked up a tipped ball from a Harrisburg defender and was able to loft one over the keeper for the easy tap in.

Lippitt goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlIvEgPho-4

Mack Naughton finished off the scoring in the first half when he made a run from his left back position into the attacking third.  Serigne Gueye found Naughton with a through ball and Naughton was able to out maneuver a defender and the keeper for his second of the season.

Naughton goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxKasR3HVBw

Nabayee Tesfu finished off the scoring in the second half when he received a ball from Serigne Gueye in behind the Harrisburg back line and he placed his shot past the keeper.

Tesfu goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoYSHF7l_w0

It was nice to get the offense going while maintaining the shut out and everyone got to play. Unfortunately, Nabayee Tesfu and Deion Hunter could be lost of the rest of the season.  Tesfu suffered a pretty sever hamstring pull and could be out 2-3 weeks while Hunter rolled his ankle and could hopefully be back in about two weeks.

The big rivalry match with Salisbury is this Saturday away at 2pm.  Salisbury comes in with a 4-0-2 record in conference play so we will need a win to give ourselves a shot at earning a top 4 seed and a home playoff game.