UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University
men's soccer team defeated Lake Erie College, 2-1 in overtime today
(Oct. 15) in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(GLIAC) match-up.
The Cardinals had seven shots in the first half of play but
would not be able to find the back of the net. Lake Erie took
the 1-0 advantage into halftime at the 31:17 mark in the first
half. Saginaw Valley came out strong in the second half as
they knotted the score at one all. Freshman Noah Sawyer (East
Lansing, Mich. / Haslett HS) found the foot of freshman Morley
Burns (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) for his first collegiate
goal.
The Cardinals battled in overtime scoring just four minutes in
for the win over the Storm. Senior Anthony
Palazzolo (Warren, Mich./De La Salle HS) scored off a pass from
Burns to give Saginaw Valley the 2-1 victory. The Cardinal
defense along with senior goaltender Piotr Kazmierczak
(Stargard, Poland) allowed Lake Erie to only eight shots for the
entire game.
After the game head coach Cale Wassermann stated, "Today we
continued to struggle from the start as we have been forced to
change our style and some positions due to our large amount of
injuries. Lake Erie does not have a great record but they have a
couple guys that can change the game and they always make it a
fight to the finish. As disappointed as we were with our
performance during regulation, we had a good meeting before
overtime and the decision was made, we were not settling for a tie,
we went out to win the game. We really stepped up and had a team
effort in that period and got the game winner from Palazzolo who as
really stepped up and was recently named as a captain for our team.
Sunday will be the ultimate test for us and we look to improve from
today".
With the win Saginaw Valley improves to 8-4-2 overall on the
season, and 4-3-2 in the GLIAC, while Lake Erie falls to 1-12-1
overall on the season, and 0-8 in the GLIAC. The Cardinals
will be back in action on Sunday (Oct. 17) when they face GLIAC
rival Ashland University. Game time is scheduled for
2:30pm.
