Men's Soccer
November 2, 2005
MEN’S SOCCER: MOSKWA’S GOAL IN SECOND OT PROPELS LE MOYNE TO FIRST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE 1998, 2-1 OVER BRYANT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior Rob Moskwa (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) scored in the second overtime to lead Le Moyne to a 2-1 win over Bryant in the Northeast-10 Conference men’s soccer semifinals at the Thomas J. Niland Athletic Complex. The Dolphins (13-5-2) advance to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship for the second time in program history and the first time since 1998.
To set up the game-winning goal, junior Josh Harrison (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) lofted a throw-in into the box where sophomore Mark Lukowiecki (Edinburgh, Scotland/Queensferry) redirected it into the middle of the box. Moskwa rifled a low liner through traffic into the back of the net for his second goal of the game.
Moskwa delivered the Dolphins a 1-0 lead with the only goal of the first half. He collected a through ball from senior midfielder Mariel Lako (Rochester, N.Y./Penfield), walked in alone in front the Bryant net and knocked it past goalkeeper Alex Bissias. Three of Moskwa’s seven goals this season have come against the Bulldogs. He netted the game-winning goal in the second overtime of Le Moyne’s 1-0 regular season win over Bryant on Oct. 1.
Eight minutes into the second half, Bryant evened the contest at one. Michael Anania headed home a feed from Nick Balistierri for his team-high sixth goal of the season.
Le Moyne outshot its visitors 19-10. Bryant was awarded 14 corner kicks, while the Dolphins took six. Senior Tim Mann (Silver Spring, N.Y./Paint Branch) stopped six shots for Le Moyne, while Bissias made three saves in the setback.
Le Moyne will travel to Rindge, N.H. for the Northeast-10
Conference Championship against top seed Franklin Pierce. Game time
has not been determined.
After playing to a 2-2 draw, Franklin Pierce edged No. 5 seed UMass
Lowell 5-4 in penalty kicks to advance.
The championship will be webcast on the Franklin Pierce website at
http://www.fpc.edu/pages/Athletics/multimedia/streaming.htm.
