Trinity Men's Soccer Comes Up With Big Effort At Wheaton To Snap Winless Streak

Norton, Mass. - Freshman forward Andrew Bruno (Andover, Mass.) scored two first half goals, including the first of his career, to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 4-0 win over the Wheaton College Lyons in men's soccer action on Keefe Field this afternoon. Trinity, ranked No. 4 in New England, improve to 7-1-2 and snap a three-game winless streak. Wheaton, ranked No. 10 in the region, drops to 9-3 with its second straight loss.

Trinity junior back Kyle Johnston (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) added his first marker of the season at 42:54 and classmate Timothy Shea (Somerset, Mass.) netted his fourth goal of the year in the 73rd minute to round out the scoring. Trinity junior goalkeeper Jason Katz (Middleton, Mass.) made two saves in 78:45 of action, while senior goalie James Ciano (Syosset, N.Y. played 11:15 without seeing a shot on goal. Wheaton sophomore goalkeeper Matt Dickey (Newton, Mass.) recorded a pair of stop and backup goalkeeper Jackson Towle (South Berwick, Maine) notched one save in 20:25 of playing time.

"We played well today against a very good team," said Trinity Head Coach Mike Pilger. "Wheaton plays on a beautiful field, which plays to our advantage if we can pass the ball like we should. It was great to see after our worst effort of the year against Bowdoin on Saturday. The guys responded well to some criticism."

Bruno opened up the scoring in the 24th minute, cleaning up a cross that deflected towards the right side of the goal. Nearly seven minutes later, Bruno finished a beautiful chip pass from freshman Tobias Gimand (Fairfield, Conn.) in the middle of the box for a 2-0 advantage. In the 43rd minute, Johnston headed home a free kick by senior midfielder Alex Harvey (Lakeville, Conn.) from about 25-yards out to extend Trinity's lead to 3-0 before the break. Shea capped the scoring at 72:52, one-timing a pass from the right flank by junior midfielder Andrew McNair (Westport, Conn.) to help secure the Bantams first win in two tries against Wheaton in the all-time series. Last season, both squads played to a 2-2 double overtime draw in Connecticut. Trinity outshot Wheaton, 17-9, in the contest, while the Lyons held a slim 3-2 margin in corners.