Box Score
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American International College men’s soccer team claimed a 3-2 win over the Assumption Greyhounds Saturday afternoon at Ronald J. Abdow Field. With the win the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-8-0 this season and to 3-5-0 in the Northeast-10, while the loss drops the Greyhounds to 7-5-1 overall and 4-4-1 in the conference. Freshman
Conor Doyle (Douglas, Ireland) led the way for AIC with one goal and one assist.
After playing a scoreless first half, Doyle put the Yellow Jacket out to a 1-0 lead burying a shot in the top right corner of the net from 25-yards out with an assist from sophomore
Drou Goff (Pembroke, N.H.). AIC went up 2-0 when graduate student
Ohionameh Aregbeyen (Brooklyn, N.Y.) netted a driving header off a cross from sophomore
Tim Britt (North Chelmsford, Mass.).
Assumption got on the board when junior Steve Blaisdell (Peabody, Mass.) tallied a goal off a penalty shot in the 79th-minute. Sophomore
Thomas Denomme (North Smithfield, Mass.) recorded his team leading seventh goal of the season, at 81:12 with an assist from Doyle. The Greyhounds attempted to pull off the comeback when they scored in the 86th-minute to bring the score to 3-2.
Senior
Ryan Brooks-Newton (Selkirk, N.Y.) made two saves in earning the win, while junior Brandan Sullivan (Halesite, N.Y.) stopped seven shots in the losing effort.
AIC outshot Assumption 20-15 on the day and held an 8-1 advantage in corners.
Next up, the Yellow Jackets travel to Saint Rose on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. start. AIC returns home on October 20th against Southern Connecticut at 7 p.m.