LEICESTER, Mass. – The Albertus Magnus College men's soccer team suffered a tough road loss to Becker College on Thursday evening at Alumni Field.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Becker College 1 | Albertus Magnus 0
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-3) | Becker (2-2-1)
MEETING: This is the third meeting between the two programs.
LOCATION: Alumni Field
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
After a scoreless first half, the Hawks were first on the board in the 47th minute following a goal from Leemar Baptista. From the right side of the penalty area, Baptista fired a right-footed shot past Falcons sophomore goalie Jared Brennan (North Haven, Conn.) and into the left-side goal netting to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead.
With the clock winding down, Albertus continued to threaten the Hawks' lead as the Falcons recorded three shot attempts, including a header from Orantay Blake (Hamden, Conn.) at the 62nd minute and a shot on goal by Denis Blandon (Meriden, Conn.) at the 67th minute, but solid goalkeeping from Beckers' Luke Speers kept the visitors off the scoreboard.
The final chance for the Falcons came in the 87th minute on a free-kick from the right-wing. The cross into the box found the head of sophomore Connor Steer (Bridgeport, Conn.), but his attempt sailed over the crossbar as the Hawks held on for the 1-0 win.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
- Albertus: Garfield Robinson – 1 Shot on Goal | 0 Goals- Against | 1 Save | 45:00 Minutes
- Albertus: Jared Brennan (L) – 3 Shots on Goal | 1 Goal-Against | 2 Saves | 45 Minutes
- Becker: Luke Speers (W) – 6 Shots on Goal | 0 Goals-Against | 6 Saves | 90 minutes
NOTEWORTHY
- Albertus outshot Becker, 9-7.
- Both teams registered two corner kicks each.
- Sophomores Kelvin Cortez (Meriden, Conn.) and Anthony Barreira (Beacon Falls, Conn.) shared the team-high with two shots on goal each.
- Freshman Roger Baldwin (New Haven, Conn.) registered a team-high two shots along with teammates Cortez and Barreira.
- Becker was led offensively by Alfredo Alvarez and Baptista, who recorded two shots apiece.
- Following the win, the Hawks improve to 3-0 all-time against the Falcons.
