Houghton Wins; Elmira Downed at Home
HOUGHTON 2, Alfred State 0
Houghton tallied two goals in the final 2:24 of the 1st half en route to a 2-0 victory over Alfred State on Tuesday evening. The Highlanders are now 6-8-1 on the year while the Pioneers are 6-9-1.
Ben Munkittrick scored after a cluster in front of the Alfred State goal with 2:24 remaining in the 1st half. Jesse Toth made it 2-0 with 49 seconds remaining when he scored after getting a pass from Carlos Peregrina. Munkittrick was credited with the secondary assist.
Houghton outshot Alfred State 16 to 8. Jacob Dunnett made five saves to record the shutout.
Hobart 7, ELMIRA 0
The Elmira College men's soccer team fell to visiting Hobart College, 7-0, this afternoon. Jordan Dougherty '16 stopped 10 shots for his second double-digit save effort of the season.
The Soaring Eagles struggled to get their offense going in the first half, only taking two shots in the opening 45 minutes. Hobart netted three goals in the first 28 minutes of play, and had a few more quality opportunities to stretch the lead further, but Dougherty made a handful of saves to keep the halftime deficit at 3-0.
The Statesmen added to their lead with three additional goals in the first eight minutes of the second half to make it 6-0. Hobart then scored their final goal of the afternoon in the 73rd minute, increasing the lead to 7-0. EC pushed forward throughout the second half looking for a score, but Hobart keeper, Mike Lucas, came up with big saves to stop shots from
Donte Donegal '18 and
Tony Barraco '18 from getting through.