Sep 15, 2009

Dominant First Half Leads Men's Soccer to Third Win

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Stevenson freshman Ansger Otto (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) scored his first two career goals to lead five different goal scorers as the Mustangs win their fourth-straight at home with a 6-1 victory over Penn State-Harrisburg Tuesday at Caves Athletics Complex.

Stevenson (3-3) have outscored its opponents 12-2 in two home games this season and 21-2 during its four-game winning streak. Conversely, the Mustangs have been outscored 9-3 in its four road games.

All seven goals came in a furious first half as Stevenson built a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes.

Sophomore Sam Bryant (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township) scored his second career goal and first this season less than three minutes in when he scored on a rebound off of Nittany Lion keeper Toan Ngo.

Sophomore Ryan Brost (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley) scored his team-leading second goal and fifth point when he scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 14th minute. He leads the team in scoring with two goals and one assist this season.

Sophomore Kyle Baker (Mitchellville/Bowie) picked up his first goal of the year and first since Sept. 3, 2008 in a 2-1 win over McDaniel just over six minutes later to give the Mustangs a 3-0 lead.

Penn State-Harrisburg's two leading scorers, Joshua Christ and Danny Francis, would answer only 28 seconds later to get the Nittany Lions (1-5) on the board when Christ drove home his fourth of the season, tying him with Francis for the team lead.

Otto would follow with back-to-back goals in the 27th and 31st minutes, the second of which was assisted by senior Vinny Caltabiano (Lothian/Mount Saint Joseph) to push the lead to four. Sophomore Ayinde Akinbinu (Bowie/Bowie) would cap the scoring with his first career goal on a penalty kick with 1:05 left in the half.

Stevenson held a 14-5 edge in shots in the first half and finished the game with a 19-14 margin. The team also had a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Sophomore Ryan Flannelly (Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex) needed just one save in 32 minutes to earn his third win of the season in goal before yielding to four different reserves led by freshman John Leimbach (Cheverly/Bishop McNamara) who made the first two saves of his career in 12 minutes.

The Mustangs continue their four-game homestand on Saturday when they welcome Albright to Caves Athletics Complex. Game time is at 4:30 p.m.


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