Cresson, Pa. -- Mount Aloysius men's soccer scored a program-high 14 goals in Saturday's Senior Day win over Wells College, while the Mountie women put in a season-high 12 goals.
Women's Game
How It Happened:
- With Wells taking the field with just seven total players, Mount Aloysius maintained possession for nearly the entire ninety minutes of action.
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Jessie Forrest (Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill) scored the first goal of the Mounties day in the third minute, followed closely by a
Jasmine Hinton (Huntingtown, MD, Huntingtown) header set up from a
Grace O'Berry (Boonsboro, MD, Boonsboro) corner kick.
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Jordan Mason (Hagerstown, MD, St. Maria Goretti) scored next to put Mount Aloysius up 3-0, before Forrest would earn her second and push the divide to five.
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Katie Figinski (Abingdon, MD, Edgewood) would earn the rapid-fire hat trick to push the Mounties up eight, scoring three in under six minutes of game time.
- Scoring two more before the end of the half, Mount Aloysius would head in to the second up 9-0.
- Despite a slower Mountie pace, the hosts would once again score inside the first three minutes of the half, taking a 10-0 lead.
- Final goals from
Natalie Despot (Hollidaysburg, Pa., Hollidaysburg) and
Sarah Swingler (Hanover, PA, Delone Catholic) would put the Mounties up 12-0, when a Wells injury would end the game in the 72nd minute due to the Express not having the minimum required players.
Into The Box Score:
- Mount Aloysius earned 36 shot attempts in the game, with 24 being on target.
- Despot and Figinski led the Mounties in shot attempts with five each, with Despot also leading the team in assists with two.
- The Mounties' push forward was shown in corner kicks, with the hosts earning nine to Wells's one.
Men's Game
How It Happened:
- Mount Aloysius men's soccer followed the example of the women, opening scoring inside the first three minutes thanks to a
Juan Camacho (Ibaque, Colombia, San Bonifacio de las Lanzas) goal.
- The next twelve minutes of action saw the Mounties run wild, scoring seven in rapid succession, including both Camacho and
Louis Bez (Bordeaux, France, Lycée Sainte-Marie de la Bastide) earning a hat trick, with
Martin Donner (Stockholm, Sweden, Danderyds Gymnasium Studievagl) and
Gonzalo Terricabris (Catalonia, Spain, Garbi Pere Verges) also scoring once each.
- Now up 8-0 with over seventy minutes to play, Mount Aloysius slowed their pace considerably, focusing on possession while taking offensive opportunities when they presented themselves.
- The 29th minute goal from
Enoch Wiredu (Harford County, Maryland, Harford Technical) would signal the final goal of the half, as the Mounties finished the first up 9-0.
- Starting the second with a slower pace, the Mounties played a scoreless twenty minutes before Wiredu and
Lincoln Jones (Dunkirk, MD, Northern) would score within two minutes of each other to push the Mountie lead to eleven.
- Offensive opportunities in the final seven minutes would be key to the Mounties record-setting performance, with
Tanner Polcyn (Watsontown, Pa., Warrior Run),
Max Coppock (Marlow, England, Beaconsfeld), and
Martin Montoya (Madrid, Spain, Colegio Santísimo Sacramento) all scoring as the game came to a close, setting the men's program scoring record at 14.
Into The Box Score:
- Mountie men's soccer shot 35 times, with 26 being on goal.
- Camacho added to his hat trick with a team high three assists.
- Bez and Jones each set the high mark for Mountie shots on goal, with five a piece.
Up Next:
- Mount Aloysius soccer takes on Penn State Altoona this Tuesday, October 24th, for the final AMCC game of the regular season.
- Penn State Altoona women's soccer enters the game 4-9-2 coming off a win against Pitt-Bradford.
- Penn State Altoona men's soccer enters the game 6-4-1 coming off a win against Carlow.