Houghton Men Fall to Notre Dame,
2-0
Box Score
Houghton, N.Y.— The
Houghton College men’s soccer
team’s unbeaten streak has ended
as the Highlanders fell today to
American Mideast Conference
North Division rival Notre Dame
College 2-0 at Burke Field.
The Highlanders gave up an early
goal at 12:08 when David McCraig
took a bouncing ball from
teammate Jared Miller and
drilled a shot from the top of
the penalty area to the right of
Highlander’s keeper Eric
Lefebvre.
Despite the early marker the
Highlanders pressed continually
into the Falcon’s end and put
offensive pressure on,
especially near the end of the
first half. The Highlanders
enjoyed a 5-2 edge in corners
and a 5-3 lead in shots at
halftime, but they were down
1-0.
The second half continued the
trend as Houghton pressed
forward repeatedly but could not
break through. Houghton had a
10-3 advantage in corner kicks.
The Falcon’s defense withstood a
total of 14 shots and repeated
scoring opportunities but
allowed only four shots on goal.
Notre Dame had eight shots, only
three on goal.
At 68:59 the Falcons got an
insurance goal when a Houghton
defender let a cross from the
Falcon’s Greg Carroll go past,
mistakenly believing his
goalkeeper was coming out for
the ball. Jared Miller was there
instead and tapped it in for the
final tally.
Houghton’s first loss of the
season leaves its record at
4-1-3 overall and 0-1 in the
AMC. The Falcons are now 7-2-1
overall and 1-0 in the AMC.
Houghton travels to Grantham,
Pa. to take on three-time
defending NCAA Division III
champions Messiah College on
Wednesday, October 3. Game time
is 4:30 p.m.
