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CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information
Director 585.567.9556
Houghton Men’s Soccer
Team Gets Third Straight
1-0 Win
Erik Lefebvre stretches
wide to make a save
against Malone College
Canton, Oh.—For
the third straight game
Houghton College’s men’s
soccer team won 1-0,
Saturday afternoon over
American Mideast
Conference (AMC)
opponent Malone College.
Steve Grudda got the
goal about 30 minutes
into the game, nodding
in a cross from Jonathan
Brooks that capped a
nice progression up the
right side of the field.
It was Grudda’s third
goal of the season and
his second game-winner
in the last three games.
Houghton had other
opportunities in the
first half, but could
not convert. Malone’s
goalkeeper stoned Luke
Sanford on a breakaway
before the half.
In the second half,
Malone applied added
pressure, sending three
on the attack, but the
Highlander’s defense got
its third straight
shutout and sixth of the
year. “We were a little
shaky at times” admitted
Matthew Webb, Houghton’s
head coach, “but we got
the result.”
Webb singled out central
defender Tyler
Haggerty’s “good
leadership” and noted
that “he won a lot of
balls in the air” to
help Houghton improve to
7-2-3, 2-1 in the AMC.
Malone is now 5-8-1, 1-2
in the conference.
Houghton puts its streak
on the line against AMC
rival Roberts Wesleyan
College in Rochester on
Tuesday, October 16 at
7:00 p.m.
(Photo credit: Mike
Wise)
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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