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Michel Hölscher converted penalty kick in Daemen's 4-1 loss at Lock Haven Tuesday.
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Daemen DAEM (4-11-0, 2-6-0)
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Winner Lock Haven LHU-M (12-2-2, 9-1-1)
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | By Joe Kraus, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Men’s Soccer Falls To Lock Haven, 4-1

Hölscher converts penalty kick for Wildcats in penultimate contest

LOCK HAVEN, PA.  – The Daemen men's soccer team suffered its sixth one-goal loss of the 2021 season and their second in only a three-day span with a 4-1 loss against the Lock Haven Bald Eagles of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tuesday night at Hubert Jack Stadium in Lock Haven, Pa.

Despite a penalty kick goal from sophomore defender Michel Holscher (Hamminkeln, Germany) at the 27:46 mark to cut Lock Haven's lead in half, 2-1, the Bald Eagles had too many offensive opportunities, largely in part due to the strong play of graduate student midfielder Beckham Sibiski (one goal, two assists, four total points.) and a two-goal effort from freshman forward Samuel Hershey.

With the loss, Daemen men's soccer drops to 4-11-0 overall and have now lost consecutive matches following a 1-0 home victory versus Staten Island on Oct. 23. Daemen is now 2-9 in their last 11 contests following a 4-1 win over D'Youville on Sept. 18. Daemen entered Tuesday night looking to bounce back following a gut-wrenching 2-1 double overtime loss at Mercy on Oct. 30.
 
With the victory, Lock Haven – who honored their senior players before the contest – improved to 12-2-2 overall, are winners in six consecutive contests and have won 12 of their last 14 contests.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • One of the top players in the PSAC, Hershey quickly helped the Bald Eagles establish the tone with two scoring plays within the first 25 minutes of action. In the ninth minute, off a throw-in from redshirt freshman defender David Dries, Hershey fired a lower right shot to give Lock Haven a 1-0 lead. Then, at the 24:37 mark, Sibiski placed a perfect corner kick to Hershey, whose header drilled the ball to the high right corner of the net. Lock Haven had jumped out to a 2-0 lead.
  • Shortly after Hershey's second goal, Holscher cut into Daemen's lead after a penalty kick was awarded to the Wildcats. At the 27:46 mark, Holscher converted the penalty kick to cut the deficit in half, 2-1. This was Daemen's third penalty kick goal of the 2021 season. The Bald Eagles went into the locker room with a 2-1 lead at the half.
  • Lock Haven extended their lead with two more goals in the second half to secure the victory. In the 52nd minute, Sibiski scored after intercepting an errant pass in front of the Daemen net and fired into the open twine for a 3-1 Lock Haven lead. Junior midfielder Andrea DiSomma concluded Lock Haven's scoring in the 76th minute when Sibiski set him up for the goal within striking distance.
  • Lock Haven outshot Daemen, 15-7 and recorded eight shots on goal. Daemen and Lock Haven recorded three shots on goal each in the first half. The Bald Eagles also out-edged the Wildcats in corner kicks, 4-2.
  • Daemen recorded five shots on goal in the contest. Holscher led all Daemen players with two shots on goal while veterans Anthony Cupello (Rochester, N.Y.) and Derek Mancuso (Friendship, N.Y.) and sophomore defender David Iheke (Buffalo, N.Y.) recorded one shot on goal each.
  • Senior goalkeeper Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) recorded four saves for the Wildcats in the loss. Today marked the veteran's 14th start of the season (17th of career) and had started the Wildcats' first nine contests in 2021. The veteran was coming off a season-high nine-save performance in Daemen's 2-1 double overtime loss at Mercy on Oct. 30. His counter-part, redshirt junior Jason Keller, saved three of Daemen's four shots on goal in 81 minutes of play before he was relieved by redshirt freshman Brady Freiwald to wrap up regulation time.  

GAME NOTES
  • Today marked the third all-time meeting between Daemen and Lock Haven. The Bald Eagles now lead the all-time series, 3-0-0. This was the first meeting between the programs since Lock Haven's 3-1 victory at Hubert Jack Stadium on Sept. 18, 2018 (1,141 days.)
  • Since their Sept. 18 victory against D'Youville, Daemen is 2-9 over their last 11 contests and have been outscored by their opponents, 24-10, including five shutouts and six one-goal losses.
  • Today was the third time Daemen allowed four goals in a contest this season (versus Mercyhurst on Sept. 22 and versus St. Thomas Aquinas on Oct. 9.)
  • Holscher's penalty kick at the 27:46 mark now makes Daemen 3-3 on penalty kick opportunities this season. The other two penalty kick goals this season were converted by junior midfielder Pontus Lundin (Asmundtorp, Sweden), who has scored all five of his career goals via penalty kick. As a program, Daemen is now 14 for their last 14 penalty kick opportunities. Their last missed penalty kick attempt came against Gannon on Sept. 13, 2016.
  • This was also the first time Holscher scored this season since Daemen's 5-0 home win against Chestnut Hill on Oct. 13. Holscher has now totaled four career goals and eight career points.
  • Today marked the 50th career appearance and start for redshirt senior midfielder Anthony Cupello (Rochester, N.Y.) Earlier this season, Cupello scored in Daemen's 4-1 ECC-opening win over D'Youville on Sept. 18 – his first goal as a Wildcat since scoring in the program's last meeting with Lock Haven on Sept. 18, 2018 (3-1 loss.) Cupello has totaled four goals and 23 points.
  • Including today's loss, Daemen is 0-7-0 this season when allowing the first goal.
  • Before today's contest, Daemen men's soccer played only once on the day when Election Day – the Tuesday following the first Monday in November – was observed in the United States since the program was formed in 2000. This had only occurred back on November 7, 2006 – a 4-0 loss versus Houghton College in the first round of the NAIA Region IX Tournament.
  • Today marked the 15th of a traditional 16-game schedule which runs through November 6.
ON THE HORIZON
Daemen concludes their 2021 campaign when they host ECC opponent, Queens, for a Senior Day contest at 1:30 PM at Karrer Field. The program's nine seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony.

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