Men's Soccer Notches 2-1 Comeback Victory

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Springfield, Mass - Senior forward Euan McCraw (West Lothian, Scotland) scored two goals within six minutes to help lift the American International College men's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Northeast-10 rival Assumption College Tuesday afternoon. The contest was the first of the season for AIC who moves to 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Northeast-10. The loss drops the Greyhounds to 1-1-1 overall and 0-1 in the Northeast-10.

The first-half was played evenly, with AIC out-shooting the Greyhounds 10-3. Both teams battled back-and-forth in what would prove to be a physically played contest. The Greyhounds grabbed the lead at the 58 minute mark in the second half when freshman striker Stephen Blaisdell punched in a goal after it was re-directed in front of the net.

The goal gave Assumption a 1-0 lead before McCraw would strike on his first goal just over seven minutes later. Ricky Morris (Victoria, Grenada) center the ball in front of the crease and Alex Dos Santos (Ludlow, Mass.) who earned two assists on the afternoon fired a shot on net that was blocked, leaving the ball perfectly placed for McGraw to fire in the game-tying goal.

AIC would strike again in almost the same fashion just over six minutes later. Des Santos again took a shot from within 15 yards of the net that was re-directed to McCraw, who powered in the game-winning goal.

Both teams battled to the finished. Assumptions had several chances to tie the score late in regulation but were unable to get the equalizer.

AIC next plays Felician College at 3:00 pm in the AIC classic. The Classic will be played September 1^st and 2^nd. September 1^st, Merrimack will take on Dominican College at 1:00 pm followed by the American International College and Felician match-up. September 2^nd Merrimack will face Felician College at 12:00 pm and AIC will take on Dominican at 2:00 pm. The Saturday games will be played at Holyoke High School and the Sunday games will be played on campus at AIC Park.