Wildcats Race Past AMCATS, 3-1

Paxton, Mass. – The Anna Maria College men's soccer team dropped a 3-1 Great Northeast Athletic Conference match-up to visiting Johnson & Wales University on Saturday afternoon at AMCAT Field. The AMCATS dip to 2-10-1 (1-4 GNAC) on the season and the Wildcats move to 8-4-1 (4-1 GNAC) overall.

Wildcat senior O'Kyle Corridon (Selden, NY) netted a natural hat trick to lead JWU, while sophomore Christopher Mattioli (Sturbridge, Mass.) potted a penalty kick for the AMCATS score.

Corridon opened up the scoring on the first shot of the day, just 2:08 into the match. Senior Dustin Hughes (Holden, Mass.) fed Corridon down the left wing then the forward crossed to the middle and drove a low ball past AMCAT netminder Elliot Kuzma (East Haven, CT) for the quick 1-0 lead.

Johnson and Wales doubled the lead in the 38^th minute. Junior Marcos Mendez (Brewster, Wash.) threaded a pass to Corridon, who notched his second of the day, and eighth of the season for a 2-0 advantage heading into intermission.

The Wildcats outshot the AMCATS 11-2 in the first half, and held a 17-6 advantage for the day.

The teams would trade penalty kicks in second half, both being awarded after defensive infractions in the box. Corridon completed his trifecta in the 66^th minute. Mattioli converted the PK at 69:06 to break-up the shutout.

Kuzma finished the day with three saves for AMC, and Mattioli led the offense with 4 shots.

Anna Maria returns to action on Monday afternoon when they travel to Suffolk University for a 4:00 PM GNAC tilt.