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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Mike Miranto, Associate A.D. For Communications

Men's Soccer Lanced By Gannon Golden Knights

ERIE, Pa. - The Daemen College men's soccer team surrendered a trio of first-half goals and could not recover, ultimately suffering a 3-1 loss to Gannon University in non-conference action under the lights of McConnell Family Stadium this evening.

The loss sends Daemen to 2-5 this season. Gannon, picked to finish second in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference this season, picked up its first non-league victory of the season and improved to 3-4 overall.

Freshman forward Alex Lee Yaw (Jamestown, N.Y.), brother of Daemen men's basketball player Quinn Lew Yaw, opened the scoring with back-to-back goals for Golden Knights. In the 20th minute of the contest, Chad Barrick (Gahanna, Ohio) sent a long lead pass down the middle of the field and Lee Yaw did the rest, getting behind the Daemen defense before beating Jarrett Lecceadone (Randolph, N.Y.) with a low shot as the Daemen net-minder came out aggressively to challenge. Later, a Gannon two-on-one started with Dexter Adams (Toronto, Ont.) carrying up the left side. He slid a pass over to the middle of the field where Lee Yaw blasted a high shot from 30 yards out just under the crossbar, giving Gannon a 2-0 lead at the 33:25 mark.

Less than five minutes later, Lecceadone collided with one of his teammates as both were attempting to play a long feed into the box. The ball caromed right to the awaiting foot of Gannon's Brian Kilic (Darmstadt, Germany) who quickly buried a shot with Lecceadone off the goal line.

After being out-shot 7-1 in the opening period, Daemen cut the gap to 8-7 in the second, and held a 5-1 edge in corner kick opportunities after halftime. Their persistence paid off as redshirt senior forward Alex Reid (Lockport, N.Y.) scored on a rebound opportunity in the final minute of the contest to help Daemen avoid the shutout. Graduate student Ross Stewart (Bangor, Northern Ireland) was credited with an assist on the play as his header off a free kick opportunity hit the crossbar and caromed right to Reid who one-timed it home.

Gannon's Jorge Hernandez (Atvidaberg, Sweden) made three saves to pick up the win between the pipes. Reid was credited with two shots on goal, and freshmen Anthony Cupello (Rochester, N.Y.) and Niklas Ringdahl Bohlin (Fjaras, Sweden) has one apiece for the Wildcats.

Lecceadone made two saves in 45 minutes of action between the pipes for Daemen. He was relieved to start the second half by classmate Mike D'Amato (Orchard Park, N.Y.) who made three saves without allowing a goal in his collegiate debut.

Gannon is looking to return to the PSAC Tournament for the second time in as many years. The Golden Knights posted an 11-6-1 overall record in 2016 and made their first postseason appearance since 2012.

Daemen returns home to face nationally-ranked Long Island University Post in an East Coast Conference contest this weekend (Saturday, Sept. 23). The Pioneers, unanimous picks to win the ECC for a third-straight season, will enter the game ranked eighth in the country in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II poll which was released today. First kick is set for 1 p.m. at Karrer Field.

GAME NOTES: Daemen's one-goal outing tonight snapped the team's string of five consecutive multi-goal games - the longest such streak in team history...Lee Yaw's first goal of the game also snapped a string of five consecutive games in which Daemen had scored first...Reid's goal was his second of the season and the 15th of his career...he's now scored in back-to-back games for the third time in his career, and for the first time since doing so against District of Columbia (Oct. 26, 2013) and Mercy (Nov. 1, 2013) at the end of his freshman season.
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