No. 21/11 Swarthmore Blanks Manhattanville, 1-0
PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville men's soccer team welcomed in the NSCAA No. 21 Swarthmore Garnet to GoValiants.com Field on Wednesday evening and fell to their guests by a score of 1-0 after a second half tally.
The two sides were able to muster off several opportunities with the Garnet outshooting the Valiants at an eight to six margin through the first 45 minutes of play. Manhattanville graduate goalkeeper made six saves to the two saves of Swarthmore's netminder David D'Annunzio in the first half.
After the break Manhattanville freshman Yani Quinteros (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) had a great scoring opportunity that was stopped by a diving D'Annunzio 2:33 into the period.
The Garnet got their best opportunity at the 72:57 point of the game after the initial shot of Michael Stewart was stopped by Torres, the goalkeeper then fumbled the ball opening the door for Stewart to take the ball away and dribble it into the back of the net for his third goal of the season.
The Valiants got six more shots off after falling behind, but only one made it on goal as senior Emil Sjoberg (Stockholm, Sweden/Tyreso Gymnasium) took the final shot of the contest with six seconds remaining.
In goal Torres took his third loss of the season, allowing the one goal while making a season-high seven. Getting the shutout victory was D'Annunzio who made four saves to collect his eighth win of the year.
In terms of shots the Valiants led by a 15-12 margin, shots on goal however were in favor of the Garnet, 8-4. Corner kicks were even at five apiece.
The Valiants (8-3-0, 1-0-0 Freedom) will return to conference play and also take on their second straight ranked opponent when they travel to Dallas, Pa. to play the No. 13 Misericordia Cougars at 3:00 p.m. The Garnet (8-2-0, 3-1-0 Centennial) will also return to conference play when they Gettysburg on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
