WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Junior defender
Sainclair Tueno (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season off a corner kick from senior
Kyle Stettenbauer (Columbia, Pa./Hempfield) with less than seven minutes remaining and the 15
th-ranked Lycoming College men's soccer team opened its MAC Commonwealth schedule with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Widener University on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 30, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.
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Stettenbauer set up his corner kick from the left side of the goal and Tueno leaped from the crowd in front of the net and scored the game-winning goal with his header in the 84
th minute.
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The Warriors (10-1 overall, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) fell behind in the first half when the Pride's John Colbert used a crossfield pass to find a sprinting Nick LeFevre, who fired it into the bottom left corner of the net for the 1-0 lead in the 37
th minute, where the score stood at halftime.
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Lycoming controlled pace after the break, continuing to threaten before finally tying the game at 52:17 when senior
Jordan Logan (Oxford, Pa./Oxford Area) volleyed a pass to senior
Abdullahi Abdi (Seattle, Wash./James Garfield), who scored the equalizer on his fourth goal of the season and 25
th of his career, moving him into eighth in program history in goals scored.
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The Warrior defense held strong and allowed just five shots while its offense accounted for 25 shots. Senior goalie
Chris Solecki (Hainesport, N.J./Lanape) made one save in the win while Danny Thompson made 10 saves for Widener (3-4-2 overall, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth).
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The Warriors return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 3, when they head to Lebanon Valley to take on the Flying Dutchmen in a 4 p.m. MAC Commonwealth game.
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