Second half surge dooms MCLA on the road in 5-1 loss at Skidmore
Saratoga, NY- The MCLA Men's Soccer team dropped a 5-1 decision at Skidmore this evening. Skidmore surged ahead using a four goal outburst in the second half to doom the Trailblazers. Ryan Shewchuk tallied the Trailblazers only goal as MCLA falls to 4-4-1 overall.
The Thoroughbreds got the scoring started in the 19th minute when Pat Wildes (Hamden, Conn.) scored a sliding goal on a crossing pass from Alex Amini (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to make it a 1-0 Skidmore lead. The score would remain 1-0 for the rest of the first half.
The Thoroughbreds came alive early in the second half, scoring three goals in a nine-minute period. Diego Reinero (Princeton, N.J.) made it 2-0 at the 48:07 mark, when he took a pass from Doug Yeates (Richmond, Vt.) and beat MCLA goalie Adam Tarsa far post for his sixth goal of the season. A little over three minutes later, Wildes scored his second goal of the game off Aaron Krepack's (Mill Valley, Calif.) deflection for a three-goal lead and Krepack came right back five minutes later as his shot hit the post and went in off Reinero's cross for a 4-0 Skidmore lead.
MCLA got on the board in the 66th minute when Will Leahy collected a rebound in front of the goal and found Ryan Shewchuk for his first goal of the season.
Skidmore capped off the scoring when they made it 5-1 at the 89:28 mark. Freshman Gildas Giriman (Bronx, N.Y.) slipped behind the defense on Sam Glickman's (Port Washington, N.Y.) pass and beat the Trailblazer goalie for his second goal of the year.
Senior Steve Vasquez (Central Falls, R.I.) made four saves to improve to 2-0-1 on the year for the Thoroughbreds. Tarsa took the loss for MCLA, making six saves on nine shots. Dillon Wager finished with a save and Shawn Willis finished with two as all three goalies saw action.
Skidmore held a commanding advantage on shots, outshooting the Trailblazers, 22-10.
MCLA will host Massachusetts Maritime on Saturday at 1pm in a key MASCAC battle.