AMHERST, NY - The Daemen Wildcats broke out of a two-game scoring drought in a big way this afternoon as they picked up their first home win of the season, in their home finale, snapping a nine-game skid with an 11-0 pasting of the visiting Fisher Falcons (0-15, 0-10). With the win, Daemen (4-11, 2-8) qualifies as the fourth seed for the upcoming American Mideast Conference Tournament and will travel to top-seeded Point Park (11-4-1, 6-3-1) next Friday, Nov. 4.
With seniors
Alvaro Orozco (Barranquilla, Colombia),
Juan Sebastian Esguerra (Bogota, Colombia),
David Morales (Caracas, Venezuela),
Camilo Villegas (Bogota, Colombia) and
Nate Griffiths (South Wales, NY/Iroquois Central HS), the Wildcats were determined to send their five guys out with a bang and they did just that.
Sophomore
Zakariah Hall (Wells, England/Blue School) got Daemen on the board in the 20th minute and the rout was on from there. Esguerra scored twice as did Villegas to lead the Daemen seniors while Hall added a second tally of his own in the second half. Villegas added two assists on the game and Morales notched the fist goal of his career on a penalty kick in the 45th minute.
The Wildcats also got single tallies from
Kyle Clifford (West Seneca, NY/St. Francis HS),
Trevor Hill (Courtice, ON/Holy Trinity Catholic SS),
Stephen Linderman (Tonawanda, NY/Tonawanda HS) and Negeeb Ali (Lackawanna, NY/Lackawanna HS). Linderman added two assists from his center midfield position and single assists were credited to
Joe Karikas (Curtice, OH/Genoa HS) and
Zach Blum (North Chili, NY/Churchville-Chili HS).