WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team secured a 2-2 tie with Georgian Court University on Saturday during the Northeast 10 Conference/Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Kickoff Classic at the Bentley University Soccer Field. Junior
Sean Hendrie (Summit, N.J./Summit/Evansville) and sophomore
Preston Blay (Otsego, Minn./Rogers) were both named to the all-tournament team.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-1-1), Georgian Court (0-0-2)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Blay, 1 goal
- Sophomore Liam Weldon (Essex, Vt./Shattuck-Saint Mary's School), 1 goal (1st career)
- Junior Cristian Torres (Meriden, Conn./Xavier/Central Connecticut State), 9 saves
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Sander Rynning, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Senior Tim Wilk, 1 goal
- Sophomore Simon Mortensen, 1 save
GAME FACTS
- The Purple Knights tied a Golden Lion squad that also knotted 19th-ranked Bentley on Thursday.
- Saint Michael's remains unbeaten in the all-time series at 2-0-1.
THE ACTION
- Blay scored in the 43rd minute to stake the Purple Knights to a halftime lead, tallying from the right side of the box. Sophomore Noah Izquierdo (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka) was credited with the assist.
- During the 63rd minute, Hendrie served a corner kick toward the middle of the box. Mortensen leaped and batted it toward the far post, where Weldon knocked in a shot under pressure to make it 2-0.
- Wilk halved the deficit in the 71st minute, and Rynning knotted the score 5:17 later.
- Torres secured the tie by diving at the right post to deny sophomore Noa Aasheim early in the 90th minute.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Thursday vs. Daemen University, 3 p.m.
