Carnegie Mellon Men’s Soccer Drops 2-0 Decision

Sept. 23 - (ALLIANCE, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer team traveled to take on the Purple Raiders of Mount Union College on Saturday, September 23, as the Tartans dropped their second straight losing 2-0. The loss moves the Tartans record to 5-2-0, while the Purple Raiders move to 3-4-1.

The Purple Raiders jumped out to an early lead senior Trevor Beach’s shot deflected off the crossbar and fell right to the feet of sophomore Joel Jakuboski, who converted to give the Purple Raiders a 1-0 lead at the 11:30 mark. The Raiders held onto to the lead heading into the break.

Mount Union extended its lead early in the second half when senior David Hradek took a pass from junior Steve Gillespie and found the back of the net passed Tartans goalkeeper Matthew Bazin (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Delbarton) at 61:35 of the second stanza. Hradek’s goal put the Raiders up 2-0 and that would be all for the scoring for the afternoon.

Carnegie Mellon out shot the Raiders 10-6, while also holding an advantage in corner kicks at five to two. Bazin had one save for the Tartans and the Purple Raiders junior goalkeeper Matt Mazzolini had seven.

Carnegie Mellon will hit the field again Tuesday, September 26 when they travel to Marietta College for a 4:00 p.m. start.