Score: #24 UAlbany 1, Bryant 2
Location: Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium | Albany, N.Y.
Records: #24 UAlbany (6-3-1, 2-1-0 America East) | Bryant (8-2-2, 2-1-0 America East)
Short Story: The #24 UAlbany men's soccer program dropped a 2-1 match to Bryant Saturday evening.
Key Stats:
How it Happened:
- UAlbany's Rodrigo Hermelo took the first shot of the match in the 6'.
- Alexander Genz made his first save of the match in the 9'.
- Both Gabriel Aron Saevarsson and Brennan McDermott rattled off shots in the 16', but the Bryant defense kept the Great Danes off the board.
- Five minutes later, the Bulldogs broke the tie with a goal from a corner that lead to a header from Marcos Blasco to make it 1-nil.
- In the 25', Yuta Kimata evened the score on a penalty kick after being fouled inside the box to even the score at 1-1 with just over 20 minutes left in the first.
- Kimata nearly broke the tie with a shot in the 33', but a diving effort from Bryant goalie Ramon Camejo kept the score at 1-1, which would remain the score at halftime.
- The Great Danes tallied the first shot of the second half in the 47'.
- The Bulldogs took the lead in the 50' with a penalty shot to put them on top, 2-1.
- The UAlbany offense kept pressure applied, with a trio of shots between the '70 and the '76, but none found the back of the net, and the score remained 2-1.
- The Bryant defense held strong for the remainder of the match and walked away with a 2-1 win.
Up Next: UAlbany men's soccer prepares to host Northeastern University on Tuesday, October 13
th at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium. The match is slated to kick off at 6:30.
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