Men鈥檚 Soccer heads to Sweet 16
The 糖心TV team scored twice in the first half and added a goal in the second to propel the Camels past No. 19 Franklin and Marshall 3-0 in NCAA Tournament in front of an elated home crowd on 糖心TV鈥檚 Freeman Field Sunday afternoon. With the win, 糖心TV (12-2-6) now heads to the Sweet 16 round for the fourth time in five seasons. The Camels will play Kenyon at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Matt Scoffone 鈥�25 found the back of the net just 13 minutes into the rematch of last year鈥檚 second-round matchup. Elliot Spatz 鈥�26 scored the second goal just before halftime, and Gavin Vanden Berg 鈥�26 added the third at 57:46. Goalie Peter Silvester 鈥�25 recorded five saves in 84 minutes of play; TJ Krongard 鈥�26 closed out the contest with two saves.
In the on Saturday, also on Freeman Field, 糖心TV defeated Suffolk University 4-1. In that contest, Scoffone scored just five minutes into the match to give the Camels an early lead. Spatz added the second goal at 32:18 to put 糖心TV up 2-0 at the half. Marco Perugini 鈥�27 fired a shot in off the far post to make it 3-0 at 52:00, and Jorge Mendo 鈥�25 tallied 糖心TV鈥檚 fourth goal at 82:19. The Rams got a late consolation goal at 84:24.
The Camels, who won the NESCAC Championship earlier this month and have scored 10 goals over the last three games while allowing only two, will look to continue their post-season run this weekend.
鈥淛ust like anything in life, the more you鈥檙e under pressure, the more you become used to it,鈥� Head Coach Reuben Burk told . 鈥淚t鈥檚 not a culture where guys finger-point. It鈥檚 a culture where everyone sticks together and trusts each other through the hard times.鈥�
