Lycoming College

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The Lycoming College men's soccer team defeated Wilkes University, 6-0, on Wednesday night, Oct. 28, to clinch a spot in the Landmark Conference Championship for the fourth straight year. The Warriors scored four first-half goals en route to the season high six, finished with a 20-12 advantage in shots and recorded the shutout.
 
The Warriors improved to 8-9-0 overall and 4-5-0 in conference play, while Wilkes fell to 1-13-2 overall and 1-7-1 in conference play. The win gave Lycoming 12 points in conference play while Moravian beat Elizabethtown, 3-1, to help the Blue Jays finish 2-2-5 with 11 points, helping Lycoming seal the sixth and final conference tournament slot. The Warriors will head to third-seeded Catholic for a first-round game on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m.
 
Sophomore Xavier Dandridge (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley) scored the game-winning goal and sophomore Vinny Tartaglia (Bernville, Pa./Tulpehocken Area) recorded two assists, marking his first career game with multiple assists.
 
Junior Jace Bennett (Falling Waters, W.Va./Spring Mills) finished a 90-minute shutout with six saves, including four in the first half.
 
The Warriors built a 4-0 first-half lead, starting with Dandridge's goal at 15:08. Sophomore Leandro Cruz (Nottingham, Md./Loyola Blakefield)  scored from Tartaglia at 18:50, and junior Daniel Marshall (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) added a goal at 36:53 off assists from Tartaglia and sophomore Josh Anderson (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) before sophomore Matthew Sweeney (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) converted a penalty kick at 43:22.
 
Lycoming added two goals in the second half, with senior Aidan Stillman (Silver Spring, Md./Albert Einstein) scoring off an assist from senior Andrew Barclay (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) at 60:23 and sophomore Rezi Tebidze (Feasterville-Trevose, Pa./Neshaminy) making it 6-0 at 78:08. Stillman has scored in two consecutive games.
 
Bennett made two saves in the half as the Warriors kept Wilkes off the board.
 
Matthew Conti recorded six saves while playing all 90 minutes in goal for Wilkes.