Photo by Kaylyn Jones
By Pat Delp Staff writer
The Susquehanna men’s soccer team battled Arcadia on Sept. 17, taking the game into overtime but falling 3-2.
With the win, the Knights improve to 4-2 while the River Hawks drop to 1-5-1.
When asked what the team could do to get themselves back on the right track, senior defender Colin Keyes said: “We’re looking to improve many things before we get into conference play. Although we don’t feel like we have a lack of chemistry, we feel that we aren’t able to communicate well enough with each other on the field.”
He added: “We’re also looking to make sure that everyone can buy into the system that we are trying to play and play good team defense. We know that if we keep working hard and come out stronger in the first half, we can turn around our luck and do well in conference.”
After giving up the first goal at the 21:14 mark, Susquehanna answered 10 minutes later when junior forward Ryan Cronin capitalized on a corner kick from freshman midfielder Max Maidenberg.
With just three minutes left in the first half, Arcadia scored to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.
Susquehanna tied up the game with a Maidenberg goal off an assist from sophomore midfielder Eric Dempsey, sending the game to overtime.
Susquehanna fell two minutes into extra time from an unassisted Arcadia goal. Maidenberg, Cronin and senior midfielder Nick Fecci led Susquehanna with three shots each.
Freshman goalie Matt Ellingworth got his first start of his career and ended with five saves.
Susquehanna will play Catholic on Sept. 24.
