UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University
men's soccer team fell Ashland University, 3-0, today (Oct. 17) in
a Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
contest.
The Cardinals were unable to capitalize on their seven shots of
the contest. Ashland scored their first goal at the 13:31
mark to take the 1-0 advantage over Saginaw Valley. The
Eagles were able to produce two more goals within the next ten
minutes of play to take the 3-0 lead into halftime.
The Cardinals came out strong, getting five shots in the second
half but were unable to find the back of the net. Freshman Zach Walega
(Saline, Mich. / Saline HS) had two shots, one of which was on the
net for Saginaw Valley. Senior Anthony
Palazzolo (Warren, Mich./De La Salle HS) and freshman Noah Sawyer (East
Lansing/Haslett HS) were both able to get one shot on goal
during the contest.
Head coach Cale Wassermann stated, "The score line of today's
match is deceiving to anyone who was not at the game, we deserved a
better result. Ashland is a quality side and they are number one in
our league for a reason, but we had the run of possesion today. We
moved the ball well played a good game, we worked hard for 90
minutes and it was encouraging to see us play at that level.
Unfortunately, in front of both goals today the luck was not on our
side, in the first half Ashland had three chances and finished them
all, we were in a hole that was hard to get out of. If we play at
that level and prevent easy chances in front of our goal, we will
have no problem competing in our next couple games".
With the loss Saginaw Valley falls to 8-5-2 overall on the
season, and 4-4-2 in the GLIAC, while Ashland improves to 9-3-2
overall on the season, and 7-0-2 in the GLIAC. The Cardinals
will be back in action on Thursday (Oct. 21) when they travel to
Tiffin University for a GLIAC match-up. The game is scheduled
to start at 3:00 pm.
