Men’s Soccer Wins Home Debut 3-0

Sept. 8 – (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer team made their 2007 home debut a successful one, using three first half goals to defeat the visiting Westminster Titans 3-0 on Saturday, September 8. The win ups the Tartans’ record to 2-0 on the season while the Titans fall to 2-2.

Sophomore midfielder Jonathan Hall (Venetia, Pa./Peters Twp.) scored the first two goals of his career in the win, and freshman midfielder Maximilian Betzig (Whitmore Lake, Mich./Greenhills) sandwiched his first career goal in between Hall’s heroics.

Hall’s first goal came in the 20th minute when junior midfielder Dan Brackley’s (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) free kick was flicked toward the center of the penalty box by sophomore midfielder Jonathan Simon (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley). Hall one-timed Simon’s cross into the back of the net. Betzig put the Tartans up by two goals 49 seconds later when he slid feet first to tap into the net a flick from sophomore forward Ricky Griffin (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y./Hastings).

Hall tallied his second goal in the 34th minute when he volleyed a low line drive cross from Brackley into the net. On the play, Brackley received a longer cross from sophomore midfielder Ryan Browne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) prior to setting up Hall.

Neither team scored in the second half with the Tartans out-shooting the Titans 17-9. Carnegie Mellon junior goalkeeper Matthew Bazin (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Delbarton) registered four saves in his first shutout of the season while Westminster goalie Mike Codita made five stops.

The Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer team will next be in action on Saturday, September 15 when they travel to take on Juniata College at 1:00 p.m.