Men's Soccer Shutout by St. John Fisher, 4-0

ELMIRA, NY - Second year forward Luke Lennox netted a pair of goals to help guide the Cardinals of St. John Fisher College (7-4-1, 2-1 E8) to a 4-0 shutout conference victory over the Soaring Eagles (3-8-1, 1-3 E8) on Sunday afternoon.

EC was only able to control the Cardinal’s offense for the first 20 minutes of the match. Fisher dented the scoreboard in the 22nd minute of the match, giving them the early 1-0 lead. Despite many efforts to recover as a team, Fisher continued to add on the pressure, earning their second goal 8 minutes later. Andrew McIntosh was able to dribble the ball through the Purple and Gold’s defensive third, and place it by third year goalkeeper Jon DePrimo ’09 (Elmira, NY -- Southside).

EC’s only opportunity of the first half was when first year defender Anders Ostrum ’11 (East Montpelier, VT -- U-32) received a cross from the right side of the field, and drove it on net. Unfortunately, goalkeeper Adam Durst was in the right spot to make the save.

After the intermission, EC tried to get going offensively, but fell short on many occasions. The Cardinal’s on the other hand continued to apply quick offensive pressure. It would only take 2 minutes and 34 seconds for Fisher to capitalize again. Fisher managed one more goal before the final horn sounded.

EC had a few solid chances in the second half, with none really producing any solid outcomes. Brian Haschke ’10 (Pittsburgh, PA -- Deer Lakes) and Tim Certosimo ’10 (Mahwah, NJ -- Mahwah) each put a shot on net.

The Soaring Eagles return to action this Saturday, when they face RIT in an Empire 8 conference match at noon at RIT.

St. John Fisher 4, Elmira College 0
Box Score

St. John Fisher (7-4-1, 2-1 E8)      2      2      --      4
Elmira College (3-8-1, 1-3 E8)      0      0      --      0

Scoring: S-Luke Lennox (Robert Wick) 21:17, Andrew McIntosh 29:01, Lennox 47:34, David Garabedian (Eric Friedman) 64:51
Shots: S-19, E-5; Saves: S-Adam Durst 3, E-Jon DePrimo 7
Corner kicks: S-9, E-2