ALFRED, NY—The Alfred University men's soccer team shutout their opponents for the second game in a row on way to a 4-0 win over Penn College at Yunevich Stadium Sunday evening.
 
The Saxons controlled the game from the opening whistle, forcing a corner kick in the second minute and taking four shots in the first ten minutes. The opening goal of the game was nabbed by junior Oumar Soumahoro (New York, NY/Martin Luther King) sliding across the goal line to force a cross from freshman Alexander Tostanoski (Painted Post, NY/Corning Painted Post) to the back of the net.
 
With the lead the Saxons refused to take pressure off from the Wildcats.  Junior Richard Lander (Narrowsburg, NY/Sullivant West) was the main force, taking three shots in only two minutes of play to threaten the Penn College keeper.
 
Following his helper, Tostanoski decided to chime in with a goal of his own when Soumahoro bombed a ball over the heads of the defense to hit the young forward in stride. As the keeper came off his line, Tostanoski showed some quick footwork and juked around the goalie and tapped the ball for the Saxons' second goal.
 
AU added one more goal prior to the intermission on another high long ball into the box. This time Lander was in on the assist to fellow junior Aidan Calkins (Oakland, ME/Messalonskee) who wrapped a low hard shot around the keeper to increase the lead, 3-0.
 
In the first half, the AU defense headlined by freshman Sam Craver (Great Falls, VA/Field School), junior James Piombino (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa), freshman Adam Taylor (Newton, NJ/Sussex County Technical), and senior Nicholas Poindexter (Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, NY/Cornwall) allowed zero shots on goal.
 
In the second half, the Saxons looked to maintain possession to keep their opponents off the board. The sole shot on goal for the Wildcats in the game came in the 56^th minute from Gerry Lua, but the shot was easily scooped up by sophomore keeper Chris Gutierrez (Holbrook, NY/Sachem East).
 
The final goal for AU came in the 82^nd minute as sophomore Cody Cronmiller (Livonia, NY/Livonia) crossed the ball close to the keeper and Lander found solid contact with a header to earn his first score of the day following six shots on goal.  With the lead securely in had the Saxons glided to victory.
 
Freshman Brian Larkin-Gero (Chagrin Falls, OH/Kenston) started in goal for AU and saw no shots for the second game in a row. Gutierrez closed out the game for AU, stopping one shot.
 
The Saxons (2-1-0, E8 0-0-0) head into Wednesday looking for their third consecutive win as they take on Hilbert College at 7pm at Yunevich Stadium.