Easton, MA - The Mercyhurst Men's Soccer traveled to Massachusetts this afternoon for a contest against the Stonehill College Skyhawks. The Lakers took a 3-0 lead just 20 minutes into the match. However, the Skyhawks fought back to score three of their own as the match ended in a 3-3 draw.
How it Happened
Mercyhurst had an early chance in the opening minute when
Lockie Fay struck the post and
Dylan Sumner's rebound was saved by Ryan Claffey.
Lockie Fay had another chance in the eleventh minute. He received the ball with a great turn and fired from outside the penalty area, but Ryan Claffey got down quickly to keep the score level at 0-0. However, that scoreline did not last long.
Alvar Silva slipped past his defender, found an inch or two of space, and found the bottom corner of the net to put the Lakers up 1-0 in the 13th minute of the match.
In the 19th minute
Mario Ganser played an incisive ball into the foot of
Carver Tierney. Tierney displayed a bit of individual brilliance as he turned and fired a great shot to the left corner of the net to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Mercyhurst found a third as they quickly dispossessed the Skyhawks.
Alvar Silva found
Luis Felipe Santos who beat his man and calmly placed the ball in the back of the net.
Stonehill got one back in the 27th minute after Owen Burke played a great flick into Colin Hargraves who found Colin Milliken for the goal. Back forth play for the remainder of the half left the score at 3-1 in favor of the Lakers at halftime.
The first big chance of the second half came in the 54th when Julius Maiwaldt played in a dangerous ball that narrowly missed both attackers in the box for Stonehill.The Skyhawks were inches away from finding their second from that sequence. Disaster struck the Lakers as a penalty was given for Stonehill for a handball on
Mario Ganser in the 59th minute. Colin Milliken stood over this penalty kick and slotted the ball past
Danilo Abayo, who dove the right way, to give the Skyhawks their second goal.
In the 60th minute, Ryan Claffey made a great reactionary save to prevent a headed effort from
Lockie Fay from giving the Lakers a 4-2 lead at the hour mark.The score was 3-2 at the hour mark with lots of soccer left to play. After back and forth play for the past 25 or so minutes, Stonehill found the equalizer in the 87
th minute.This came from an outswinging ball from Julius Maiwaldt who found the head of James Forrest-Hay. Forrest-Hay won the header over the Laker defenders and scored to level the score.Three unanswered goals from the Skyhawks earned both sides a point in the conference as the match finished level at 3-3.
Highlights
Carver Tierney scored his first goal of the season.
Alvar Silva scored his second goal of the season.
Luis Felipe Santos scored his third goal of the season.
Colin Milliken scored his fifth and sixth goal of the season.
James Forrest-Hay netted his first goal of the season.
The Lakers remain undefeated in NEC play at the top of the conference standings.
Up Next
The Lakers will travel back home to Erie, PA as they host Le Moyne in an enticing NEC matchup this coming Thursday, October 24th. Kickoff for this match is set for 5:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Viewers can find live coverage on the NEC Front Row.
