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Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's soccer falls to STAC

SPARKILL, New York - The American International College men's soccer team fell in nonconference action to St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday, September 9.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score:AIC 1, St. Thomas Aquinas 3
Records:AIC moves to 1-2-0, while STAC improves to 2-2-0.
Location:Spartan Field (Sparkill, New York)

STATS:
AIC:
STAC:
  • Luis Morales (one goal)
  • Nazariy Myniv (one goal)
  • Brad Neal (one goal)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Spartans' Luis Morales opened the scoring for his team, when his penalty kick goal gave STAC a 1-0 advantage in the 32nd minute.
  • Junior goalkeeper Nicholas Romei was pummeled by shots in the first half - STAC held the advantage in shots, 9-3, six of which went on goal.
  • STAC took a 2-0 lead in the 36th minute when Brad Neal scored off a corner kick.
  • AIC's only goal of the day came when sophomore captain Jake Durham scored in the 56th minute to cut the STAC lead in half, 2-1.
  • Despite outshooting the Spartans 8-5 in the second half - and 4-1 in shots on goal - the Yellow Jackets were unable to secure another goal, and the Spartans put the nail in the coffin in the 85th minute off another penalty-kick goal from Nazariy Myniv.

GAME NOTES:
  • Durham, AIC's leading goal scorer a year ago, now has two goals in his two games played this season. In 2016, he averaged 1.06 points per game.
  • AIC has conceded three penalty kick goals in the span of its first three games - during the entire 2016 season, the Yellow Jackets only allowed two goals on four PK attempts.


COACH'S CORNER:
  • "We knew what we were getting ourselves in for as coaches when we scheduled the game last year," said AIC coach Luke Perry. "They have a very direct game plan and, in fairness, are good at what they do. Even though we lost, I am pleased with the outcome. I've said from Day One this season that finishing top four in the conference is our biggest priority. We scheduled this game to teach us valuable lessons before we come up against teams in the conference with similar tactics. I hope that this will be a great lesson for the team to prepare us for the conference."


NEXT UP:
  • The Yellow Jackets begin their conference slate with a trip down Interstate 90 to the College of Saint Rose on Tuesday, September 12 in Albany, New York. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

STAY CONNECTED:
  • For more updates about the AIC men's soccer team, follow@AICMSOCCERonTwitterandInstagramand likeAIC Men's SocceronFacebook. For updates on all AIC Yellow Jackets teams, follow@AICAthleticsonTwitterandInstagram, and likeAIC Yellow JacketsonFacebook.
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