Posted: Sep 06, 2014
Spartan Men's Soccer Opens 2014 With Victory
North Country Community College
1
Cayuga Community College
4
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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North Country Community College () | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Cayuga Community College () | 2 | 2 | 4 |
The men's soccer program opened the 2014 campaign at Emerson Park against Region III foe North Country CC. The Spartans started well with some good shots on target early on in the game. It wasn't long before the Spartans got on the score sheet with Paul McCormick (Glasgow, Scotland) opening his account for Cayuga from the flick on from Rob Latham (Portishead, England) to go 1-0 up early in the first half. The Spartans went 2-0 up, with Michael Haskins (Belfast, Ireland) assisting from the corner kick, to sophomore Captain Rob Carter (York, England) on a big goal just before the half.
North Country scored their first goal to cut the Cayuga lead in half about 14 minutes into the second half to make it at 2-1. The Spartans countered quicly a few minutes later when Rob Latham retrieved the ball and went to goal only for his shot to come off the post and fall right to Baileigh Roach (Cardiff, Wales), who knocked it in the back of the net to put the Spartans back up by two goals at 3 to 1. The Spartans didn't stop there with the final tally coming from Chris Davison (Newcastle, England) on a beautiful feed through for Sean Richards (Cardiff, Wales) who scored. Cayuga played strong through the final whistle and a 4-1 win for the spartans. The men turn right around to play Clinton Community College at 3pm tomorrow at Emerson Park.
The Spartans finished on 20 shots on target, and keeper Tautis Poniskaitis (London, England) finished with 10 saves.
Coach Wynne had this to say, "I thought we played tough and kept the ball well. I felt the team worked hard on and off the ball. We just have to recover tonight and face a tough Clinton team tomorrow with the same game face".