University at Albany Great Danes

Score: UAlbany 2, Northeastern 0
 
Location: Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium | Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (7-3-1, 2-1-0 America East) | Northeastern (5-4-4, 2-2-2 CAA)
 
Short Story: The UAlbany men's soccer program took care of business with a 2-nil victory over Northeastern Tuesday night in non-conference action.
 
Key Stats:

• Both Alexander Clive and Ivar Gissurarson tallied a goal.
• Gissurarson and Tommy McFadden also tied for the team lead with three shots, followed by David Barkan with two each.
• Kevin Gil made his collegiate debut and recorded a pair of saves and played all 90 minutes while recording a clean sheet.
• As a team, UAlbany outshot Northeastern 11-7 while landing eight on goal compared to the Huskies two.

 How it Happened:

• Northeastern recorded the first shot of the match in the second minute, but sophomore goalkeeper Kevin Gil made the save, marking the first save of his collegiate career.
• David Barkan took UAlbany's first shot in the 9'.
• Two minutes later, Alexander Clive found the back of the net with assists from Sondre Hladik and Gabriel Aron Saevarsson, putting the Great Danes up 1-nil early.
• In the 17', Caleb Vallance took a shot that made Huskie's goalie Guthrie Kalotay-Nemec make a save.
• Despite the UAlbany offense taking a shot and two corners within the final two minutes of the first half, they were unable to capitalize, and the score remained 1-nil.
• Coming out of the break, Ivar Gissurarson scored on a header on assists from Saevarsson and Vallance to extend the Great Danes' lead to 2-nil less than five minutes into the second half.
• The UAlbany offense stayed on the attack as the second half continued, firing off three shots in the four minutes following the goal, but all three were saved by Kalotay-Nemec.
• Gil was forced to make his first save of the second half in the 66'.
• The Great Dane defense held strong for the remainder of the match, and UAlbany walked away with a 2-nil victory

 
Up Next: UAlbany men's soccer will hit the road to take on NJIT Saturday, October 17^th. The match is set to start at 3:00 p.m.
 
Social Central: For more information on the UAlbany men's soccer team, follow the squad's official social media accounts on X and Instagram, and UAlbany Soccer on Facebook.