Langan's Five-Point Effort Sparks Blazer Men to Third Straight Win, 5-0, Over Mounties
CRESSON, Pa.--First-year David Langan of the Hood College men's soccer team (5-5) registered a pair of goals and assisted on a third to lead the Blazers to a 5-0 blanking of the Mt. Aloysius College Mounties (1-11) Thursday afternoon in a nonconference match.
Hood won its third match in a row, matching the longest winning streak for the program since early on in the 2007 campaign. That year, the Blazers defeated Valley Forge Christian College (4-1), Mt. Aloysius (5-1) and Lancaster Bible (4-0) within a span of 10 days in September. Hood has outscored its last three opponents 8-1 and has shutout two of its last three.
Langan wasted no time getting the Blazers on the scoreboard when he finished a feed from junior Jon Butterfield just 50 seconds into the game. Hood reeled off three more scores in a span of three minutes and found itself with a 4-0 advantage 15 minutes in. Sophomore Jaime Ramirez pocketed his first goal of the fall on a penalty kick opportunity, then set up Langan for his second score a minute later. Sophomore Aaron Crone tallied his first collegiate assist on first-year Eric Diehl's second goal of the fall. Junior Jacob Ausherman found the back of the net for the second time this season off a pass from Langan to cap the scoring in the 60th minute.
Blazer keeper Will Lane scooped up the only shot on target by the Mounties which came off the foot of Kevin Wheelden. Hood outshot Mt. Aloysius 20-4 on the afternoon.
Hood looks to carry its momentum into Saturday's crucial Capital Athletic Conference contest against the Wesley College Wolverines at Thomas Athletic Field. The Wolverines and Blazers are currently tied for sixth place in the CAC standings with identical 1-2 league marks. Wesley's lone CAC win of the season came over Stevenson University (3-0) at home on Sept. 25, while the Wolverines lost to Mary Washington, 2-0, and Marymount, 3-2. Hood will be looking to avenge a 5-0 setback at the hands of the Wolverines from a year ago.
The Blazers will also recognize senior captain Adam Peterson prior to the contest.
