SaxonTV YouTube Recap
ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University men's soccer team hosted Baruch College on Sunday afternoon in day two of the Bryan Karl Tournament. The Saxons (1-3, 0-0 Empire 8) came back from a two goal deficit in the first half to claim their first victory of 2019.
First-Year forward,
Justin Eaton (Williamson, NY / Williamson) had a career day to lead the Saxons with a hat-trick. All three of Eaton's goals came in the first half.
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The Bearcats were first to break through on the scoreboard with a goal less than four minutes into the contest.
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AU settled in for the next 23 minutes until Ricardo Llanos converted another goal for Baruch at the 27 minute mark.Â
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Following the second Bearcat goal, the Saxons began to come to life.
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A clustered penalty box ended in Baruch committing a foul which led to a penalty kick opportunity for AU. That was when Eaton stepped up and perfectly placed it into the back of the net to cut the deficit to just one goal.
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Five minutes after the converted penalty, Eaton received a pass from
Matthew Wedzik (North East, PA / North East) and turned it into another Saxon goal, which tied the game up at two.
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With just over three minutes to play in the half, Eaton capped off his hat trick when
Mason Sanborn (Wappingers Falls, NY / Roy C. Ketcham) set him up in front of the net. That goal put Alfred ahead by a score of 3-2 at halftime.
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The second half began the same way as the first, with a Baruch goal just three minutes into the period, which made it a tie game once again.
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At the 76:48 mark,
Zachary Gloskin (New City, NY / Clarkstown South) lined up for a corner kick and struck a perfect ball in front of the net.
Scott Larsen (Lanoka Harbor, NJ / Lacey Township) deflected that ball to
Charles Hawkins (Goshen, NY / Goshen) who finished it for a goal and put AU up 4-3.
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That would be enough for the Saxons to hold on for the remainder of the second half and come away with the 4-3 victory.
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The Saxons will be back at Yunevich Stadium on Wednesday to host Pitt-Bradford. That one is set to kick off at 7PM.
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