Early Goals Lead Gators Past Little Giants

Oct 23, 2004

Boxscore

Meadville, Pa. - All four Allegheny seniors scored as the Gators defeated Wabash College in men’s soccer action 4-1 on Saturday.

Senior midfielder Jason Figura (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) started the scoring early when he received a backward pass from senior forward Josh Johnson (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) and put it in the near high post, for the 1-0 lead just six minutes into the game.

Johnson put his touch on another goal as senior midfielder Ben Montgomery (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) headed in a throw-in at the 9:01 mark.

Wabash cut the lead in half with a goal by Gary Simkus in the 37th minute. Simkus headed in a Morgan Patchell free kick for the score.

With the shots just about even in the first half, Allegheny defended their home field and out-shot Wabash 8-2 in the second half, scoring twice.

Senior forward Marc Sciulli (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) received a cross from freshman defender Eric Sloan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), which he headed to himself before heading the ball past Little Giant keeper Will McAdams in the 69th minute.

Johnson than capped his afternoon off with a goal two minutes later. Montgomery sent a curling through ball to Johnson, who took one touch before finishing to the near post.

Allegheny held the advantage both in shots (14-9) and corner kicks (6-1).

Gator junior keeper Brian Manougian (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth) finished the game with three saves and McAdams also made three stops.

The Gators will play their final home game of the year against The College of Wooster on Wednesday, October 27 at 3:00 p.m.

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