Posted: Sep 06, 2012
Spartan Men Win On The Road In Corning
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The Spartan men bounced back today with a 5-0 win over Corning Community College in Corning NY. Freshman Michael Mitchell (Auburn, NY) opened the scoring for Cayuga in the 28th minute, when the ball got passed off by Jacob Pritchard (Tyburn Academy) for Mitchell to chip it into the side netting. The Spartans went 2-0 up in the 42nd minute from a perfect corner kick by Sophomore Heri Muke (Syracuse, NY) to place it right on the head of fellow captain Jason Boxx (Brentford, England) who placed it into the top corner far away from the keeper's reach.
The Cayuga men kicked off the second half and in the 51st minute got on the score sheet again. Captain Will Backhouse (Swinton, England) received a pass from fellow sophomore Nahayo Manasse (Syracuse, NY) for Backhouse to place the ball past the Corning keeper for his first goal of the season. Backhouse then got his second of the evening in the 54th minute. Heri Muke becoming the provider when he laid a ball off to Backhouse from just outside the box for him to shoot from 30 yards out into the top left corner past the diving keeper. Freshman Jacob Pritchard finished off the scoring for the Spartans in the 85th minute with a great unassisted individual goal to clinch the win for Cayuga. Spartan keeper Bior Ajak (Syracuse, NY) had 6 saves and collected his first shutout of his collegiate career.
We talked to Coach Wynne after the game and I asked him what changed between the game tonight and the Clinton game last Saturday, " We've been working hard on our possession and it finally came together tonight. The defense played fantastic with some good shape and great communication this evening. Bior Ajak, Nelson Oduro, Jason Boxx, Scott and David Wheat all had stellar performances. It was a great all round team performance and I couldn't be more proud of how the team played tonight".
The men's team had a total of 25 shots and 8 corner kicks. The Spartan Men travel to Mohawk Valley Community College on Saturday at 3:00PM in Utica NY.