Box Score
La PLUME, Pa. – Three goals in the first 19 minutes and consistent pressure throughout the game helped the Lycoming College men's soccer team extend its streak of games without a loss to six, as it posted a 4-0 non-conference win over Keystone College on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 24.
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Freshman
Alfonce Mutuku (Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic) scored two of the three goals in the opening 20 to lead the Warriors (5-2-1 overall) to another win during their eye-opening stretch, as the team surpassed its 2012 win total. The six games without a loss (5-0-1) is the longest stretch for the Warriors since the 2007 team went on a six-game winning streak.
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Keystone fell to 0-7-1 on the season.
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Lycoming got on the board in the fifth minute, as freshman
Moises Lazo (Bowie, Md./Bowie) hoisted a corner kick to the waiting head of senior
Connor McNiff (Marietta, Pa./Donegal), who finished the play. Mutuku scored his first goal on a similar play less than six minutes later and added another headed in goal in the 19
th minute after getting service from junior
Kevin Seymour (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll). Freshman
Bill Kerr (Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic) also assisted on the play.
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In the second half, the Warriors finished off the game with a goal in the 82
nd minute, as junior
Ethan Wilston (Mansfield, Pa./Mansfield) knocked in a rebound off the post to make it 4-0.
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Lycoming played solidly throughout, holding an 18-5 advantage in shots and a 5-0 lead in corner kicks.
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Junior
Connor Keenan (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East) recorded one save in the first half to earn the win before yielding to freshman
Josh Gildea (Center Valley, Pa./Southern Lehigh), who finished the game. Keystone's Dany O'Rourke stopped four shots.
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The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday, Sept. 28, when they head to Rochester, who is receiving votes in the NSCAA poll, for a 7 p.m. start at Fauver Stadium.