Late goal sinks Men's Soccer against Sage, Trailblazers fall 1-0
North Adams, MA- Sage's Christian Vaalstuen scored the games only goal with just three minutes left to play to lift the visiting Gators past the MCLA Trailblazers 1-0 this evening at Shewcraft Field. The Gators improve to 4-4 overall while MCLA falls to 1-6.
Neither team could generate much offense in the opening half of play as they combined for just 12 first half shots. In the second half, not much had changed for the majority of play. That was until the 87th minute when Vaalstuen came through.
He collected his first goal of the season as he beat MCLA keeper Sam Edge and in the process, gave the Gators the 1-0 lead. MCLA would only muster up one shot over the final three minutes as the visitors prevailed.
MCLA held a 17-11 shot advantage in the contest and a 7-5 mark in corners.
Sam Edge took the loss for MCLA stopping five shots.
Sage's Lucas Bordeau would collect the shutout as he also notched 5 saves.
MCLA is back in action on Friday as they host MASCAC foe Fitchburg State at 6pm.