Gophers Earn Key Three Points Against Susquehanna

TOWSON, Md. - A pair of second half goals lifted the Goucher College men's soccer team to a key 2-0 victory over Susquehanna University in Landmark Conference play Saturday afternoon at Beldon Field.

• Goucher's (6-3-3, 1-1-1 Landmark) Bobby Beringer (Okinawa, Japan/Richard Montgomery) tested Susquehanna (0-8-3, 0-2-1) goalie Gerrit Stech with a shot on goal just 1:15 into the game.
• The Gophers kept up the pressure with five shots in the game's first 13 minutes.
• A header by Ali Kazim Nakhid (Beirut, Lebanon/UMBC) in the 16th minute was saved by Stech.
• Jonathan Alvarado (Hyattsville, Md./International HS at Langley Park) pushed a shot high in the 34th minute.
• Goucher outshot Susquehanna 8-1 in the opening 45 minutes.

• Michael Morelli pushed a shot wide for the River Hawks just over five minutes into the second half.
• Stech made a save on a shot by Yaya Diabagate (Hyattsville, Md./International HS at Langley Park) 11 minutes into the period.
• Just over a minute later, Jeremiah Odubade (London, England/Fairmont Heights) was fouled at the top of the box and the Gophers were awarded a penalty kick.
• Nakhid buried the PK, his fifth of the season, and his seventh goal of the campaign, to put Goucher in front 1-0.
• Susquehanna had three shots just past the 60-minute mark, with one going wide and two blocked.
• With just under 20 minutes left, Isaiah Perry (West Hartford, Conn./Hall) played a ball from the left wing that missed River Hawk defenders and snuck through to Andres Aristimuno (Huger, S.C. / Oceanside Collegiate Academy), who put it past Stech for his first collegiate goal.
• Alvarado forced Stech to make another save with just over eight minutes left.

• Goucher outshot Susquehanna 15-6 for the game, while the River Hawks held a 6-5 lead in corner kicks.
• Stech made five saves, while Gopher keeper Ale Sternini (Rome, Italy/Williston Northampton) was not forced to make a save en route to his second shutout of the season.
• Alvarado led Goucher with five shots, while Beringer took three.
• Goucher is unbeaten (4-0-2) in its last six games against Susquehanna.
• Goucher has matched last season's win total.

MSOC | First year Andres Aristimuno scores his first collegiate goal to put @Goucher_MSoccer up 2-0 late in the second half.#d3soccer #GopherGreatness #GoucherProud pic.twitter.com/lXzsjebjHe

— Goucher Gophers (@GoucherSports) October 8, 2022

• Goucher returns to action Tuesday, traveling to Penn State Berks for a 4:00 contest.
• The Gophers are back at home on Wednesday, October 19, welcoming Catholic for a 7 pm Landmark Conference match.