By Pat Delp Staff writer
The No. 4 seed Susquehanna men’s soccer team’s season came to a close in a 3-1 loss to the top-seeded Elizabethtown Blue Jays in a Landmark Conference semi-final game on Nov. 2.
Susquehanna fell behind 2-0 less than 32 minutes into the game and spent the game trying to battle back. The score extended to 3-0 by the 53rd minute.
However, Susquehanna did not go unheard from as they continued to battle and were rewarded in the 66th minute by a goal off the foot of sophomore forward Maxfield Reed.
Senior midfielder Jake Heyser, sophomore midfielder Noah Charles and Reed all led the team with two shots. The shot total was 22-10 titled in favor of Elizabethtown, but the Blue Jays were able to put only eight shots on net due to a strong Susquehanna defense.
Freshman goalie Matt Ellingworth had four saves over his 90 minutes of work. Although the River Hawks fell into a quick hole, they continued to fight and had a few late scoring chances.
Both Heyser and senior midfielder Nick Fecci had shots in the final three minutes of the game.
With the loss ending his college career, Fecci talked about his teammates, both past and current.
“Our team is a great group of guys; a lot of hard work was put in this past season. We always battled and gave it our all. [I am] very proud of all the teammates I’ve had over the years, and this team was special,” Fecci said.
Fecci also continued to talk about the team and how they recovered from their slow beginning to even reach the playoffs.
“Starting off 1-5, no one thought we would even have had a shot at playoffs, but we overcame adversity. We had our chances and in the end did not come out victorious,” Fecci said.
“I speak for all the seniors in saying that was not the way we wanted to end our careers, but there is not much regret coming from our class and it was a very rewarding four years.”
“We wouldn’t have been able to do it without the teammates and coaches,” he added.
With the loss, Susquehanna men’s soccer watched their season come to an end, finishing with a record of 6-8-5 and 3-1-3 in conference play.
