AMCATS Fall 6-1 to Buccaneers
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- Sophomores Zach O'Neil (Scituate, Mass.) and Brendan Gawron (Braintree, Mass.) each netted a pair of goals to lead Massachusetts Maritime to a 6-1 non-league college men's soccer victory over Anna Maria Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium. The win lifts the Buccaneers to 4-2 overall while the AMCATS drop to 1-5 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The AMCATS opened up scoring early in the first half to gain their only lead of the game before the Buccaneers tallied six unanswered goals. The Buccaneers outshot Anna Maria by a 20-4 margin overall (12-1 on goal) and took 11 corner kicks while the AMCATS were granted one.
SCORING
Freshman Gift Kalombo (Worcester, Mass.) gave the visiting AMCATS (1-5) an early lead when he converted a feed from senior Christopher Mattioli (Sturbridge, Mass.) on a breakaway 13:53 into the contest, but that would prove to be the only shot on goal for Anna Maria in the match.
Junior Mike Pruchnik (Rochester, Mass.), improved to 3-0 on the season without having to make a save over the first 71-plus minutes of play for Massachusetts Maritime, which received a clean sheet over the final 18 minutes of action from sophomore James Barbour (Lanexa, Va.). Freshman Troy Repekta (Dudley, Mass.) made five first half stops in the setback for the AMCATS, which received a second half save from fellow freshman Diego Torres (South Yarmouth, Mass.).
Anna Maria hosts Rivier in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference match on Saturday afternoon in Paxton, Mass. that begins at 12 p.m., while Massachusetts Maritime hosts Bridgewater State in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference outing on Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 4:30 p.m.