WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Oct. 10) – The Waynesburg University men's soccer team hosted Allegheny on Saturday for senior day. The Yellow Jackets lost a high-scoring Presidents' Athletic Conference contest to Allegheny College, 6-3.
Allegheny (6-6-1, 3-2-1) led 2-0 after the first 45 minutes, before seven total goals were scored in the second half. The Gators drew first blood in the 22nd minute, as a fortuitous bounce found its way into the net. The visiting team scored again in the 34th minute on a third chance opportunity off a ricochet after one shot hit the post and another was stopped.
Junior
Will Scott (Manassas, Va. / Colgan) scored his first collegiate goal on a penalty kick in the 54
th minute to get Waynesburg (5-6-2, 3-4-1) within one goal. However, the Gators wasted no time responding to rebuild a two-goal advantage (3-1) less than a minute later.
Allegheny added a fourth goal in the 62nd minute, before each squad scored in the 73rd minute. Allegheny tallied the first to make it 5-1 before senior
Matthew Serrano (North Potomac, Md. / Thomas S. Wootton) posted his first goal of the season.
Allegheny responded with a sixth goal five minutes later. Sophomore
John Engel (Dallas Ga. / East Paulding) scored an 83
rd-minute goal to make it 6-3.
The Yellow Jackets led in shots (16-14) and shots on goal (9-6)
Waynesburg hits the road for its next two contests, starting this Wednesday against Saint Francis University at 1 p.m.
