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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
First win this season for Men’s soccer By RayLynn Chraston Contributing writer
On Sept. 10, the Mercyhurst Men’s soccer team took on the University of the District of Colombia (UDC), earning their first win of the season. The game took place at the Mercyhurst Soccer Field, which gave the men’s team an upper hand. By the end of the game, the final score was 4-2, Mercyhurst. To begin the game, within the first seven minutes the UDC goalie received an early red card after he and sophomore forward Erik Cederberg collided. This then put the UDC Firebirds down a player for the rest of the game. The Lakers did not hesitate to take advantage of this situation. Sophomore midfielder Dylan Sumner, scored his first collegiate goal as a Laker in minute 17 of the game. Freshman defender Nic Munch earned the assist after beating two of the Firebirds defenders before
he had passed the ball to Sumner. The Lakers kept fighting, however during the 25th minute of the game the Firebirds had scored, tying the teams with one goal each. For the rest of the half, the score held at a tie because neither team could capitalize on scoring a goal. Going into the second half, both teams held a good competitive edge. However, in the 60th minute of the game, the Firebirds took a shot from the midfield circle lifting it over the head of Mercyhurst graduate student goalie, Jonathan Gomes, to take the 2-1 lead over the Lakers. The Lakers regrouped and a spark within the team started to show on the field. During the 64th minute of the game the men were able to tie the game at two. Sumner scoring his second of the game after receiving an excellent pass from junior midfielder, Salvador Rang, on a free kick. Continuing to play hard, the Lakers were able to score again less than
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Forward and graduate student, Nevado Elliot, scored his first collegiate goal as a Laker in Friday’s game.
two minutes after the previous goal was scored. They took the lead as grad student and forward Nevada Elliott had scored his first collegiate goal as a Laker, receiving a lob pass from Sumner and beating the keeper to the ball at
the edge of the box. Still with time remaining in the game, Elliott netted his second goal of the game after receiving a pass from Munch. Elliot had made no mistakes after receiving the pass; he put it past the Fire-
birds keeper, which then extended Mercyhurst’s lead to two. Throughout the game, the Lakers were able to keep up the trend of taking a lot of shots as they had made 14 shots with 8 shots on goal. The Lakers were also able to save two shots on goal made by the Firebirds. This home game embarked many firsts for multiple individuals on the Men’s soccer team. One including the head coach, Ryan Osborne, as he made his first win as the head coach of the Mercyhurst team. Sumner and Elliot both picked up their first goals as Lakers, as well as Munch and Rang getting their first points of the season with their assists. Coming up for the Mercyhurst Men’s soccer team, the Lakers will play two non-conference games against Shepherd and Salem next week. Be sure to congratulate these Lakers for making many firsts and taking home their first win of the season!
Mercyhurst football faces a loss against West Chester By Sydney Dietz Sports editor
On Sept. 11 at noon, the Mercyhurst Lakers football team competed against West Chester University. Unfortunately, the final score did not end in the Lakers favor with a result of 56-10. “We cannot let last week’s loss tear us apart. To win next Saturday we have to stay together as a team,” Assistant Coach Tom Herman said. “We have to have a more determined attitude and establish a better running game. This will allow us to mix up the play calls more and keep them off balance.” Mercyhurst took the lead in the beginning of the game, but West Chester scored 28 points
in the second quarter allowing them to take the lead. The first score of the game was set up by the Lakers defense. On a third and five for West Chester, Mercyhurst defenceman Ryan Funa got in front of a pass that was meant for opponent Desman Johnson and Funa returned it to the West Chester three-yard line. With the Lakers having the ball at third and goal, quarterback Michael Lowery was able to find Jason Armstrong for the 11-yard touchdown. This touchdown brought the Lakers ahead 7-0. However with 13:06 left in the second quarter, West Chester player Phil Poquie had an opportunity
for a three yard run tying the game which made the score 7-7. West Chester then scored a 67-yard touchdown which allowed them to take the lead and changed the score to 14-7 in favor of West Chester. They continued their scoring streak by getting two more touchdowns in the last two minutes of the second quarter. This pushed the score to 48-7. Mercyhurst then gained some points on the scoreboard by kicking a 30 yard field goal making the score 48-10. In the second half of the game, West Chester scored 28 more points resulting in a final score of 56-10, and a win for West Chester. Quarterback Michael
Lowery finished the game 14 of 23 for 105 yards along with a touchdown. Chawntez Moss had 39 rushing yards and Jacob Holl had eight tackles. “We are very fortunate to have an outstanding group of young men to coach. They are very hard workers and possess outstanding character. I am sure that they are upset with how they played and they will bounce back this week against East Stroudsburg,” said Herman. The Lakers will take the field next Saturday in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania at 1:05 p.m. The game will be live streamed for those who are unable to attend in person.
HURST RESULTS Sept. 11: Men’s water polo vs Mount St. Mary’s: 12-17 St. Mary’s
Sept. 11: Women’s cross country at Doug Watts Open: 6th of 6 teams
Sept. 11: Men’s cross country at Doug Watts Open: 5th of 6 teams Hurst Athletics photo
The Mercyhurst football team lost to West Chester University on Sept. 11, but they are looking forward to next week’s match up against East Stroudsburg.
