Men's Soccer Tripped Up at Coast Guard
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Mitchell (0-6-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Coast Guard (6-2-1) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Coast Guard Academy men's soccer team scored three goals in each half to earn a 6-0 victory over cross-town opponent Mitchell College in non-conference action on Wednesday evening.
With the the win the Bears snapped a two-game skid and improved their record to 6-2-1 on the year. The Mariners fell to 0-6-1 overall.
Coast Guard got the scoring started early off a free kick just 3:07 into the match. Alex Lane, Calean Harshaw and Luke Telang all stepped up to take a free kick. Both Harshaw and Telang ran over the ball and Lane stepped up and slotted a ball to the left of Mitchell's wall. The pass found Telang who continued his run and one-timed a shot into the back of the net for his third goal of the year.
Harshaw scored the Bear's second goal of the game in the 39th minute as Telang got free on the right side of the Mariners' penalty box. Telang sent a rolling service across the front of the goal which found the feet of Harshaw just outside the six-yard box. Harshaw took a shot that was blocked but came right back to his feet, and he then one-timed a looping shot over the head of the goalie for his second goal of the year.
Austin Read finished off the scoring for the half as he stepped up to take a penalty kick and drilled a shot towards the left corner. Seth Strader dove and got his hands to the shot but was unable to stop it from finding the back of the net for Read's second goal of the season, making the halftime score 3-0.
Read scored again just over three minutes into the second half as Lane hit a corner kick to the center of Mitchell's penalty box. Read rose up in the crowd and headed it home for his third goal of the season.
Harshaw stepped up next to score his second goal of the game in the 62nd minute off a corner kick. Patrick Palermo-Re sent a corner kick towards the Mariners' front post. Harshaw met the service and then used a heel flick to the back post to score the fifth goal of the game and his third of the season.
Griffin Klages and Taka Lendon each had career firsts for the Bears' final goal. Lendon found Klages with a pass on the left side of Mitchell's penalty box. Klages took a touch and hit a shot past Strader into the upper corner of the near post for his first career goal and Lendon's first career assist in the 76th minute.
Dakota Harich (2-0) tallied his first career shutout and made two saves on two shots on goal. Strader (0-5) made six saves on 12 shots on goal.
Mitchell returns to action at Southern Vermont College on Saturday, October 1 at 3 p.m.
