CLEMSON, S.C. – In a season with signature moments against ranked teams Penn State and Notre Dame, Syracuse men’s soccer added a marquee road win to its resume with a 2-1 victory over defending national champion and No. 1 Clemson.
The Tigers opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a strike from Isaiah Reid. The Orange took control of the match from there. After a critical error from the Clemson backline, senior forward Levonte Johnson assisted junior midfielder Jeorgio Kocevski to draw the score level at one.
Johnson scored the game winner in the 48th minute of play after a brilliant run found him one-on-one with Clemson goalkeeper Trevor Manion.
The Orange outshot the Tigers, 20-12, on the night, and ‘Cuse goalkeeper Russell Shealy was instrumental in securing the key road win. The redshirt senior tied a career high in saves with six.
“We deserved to get something from this game,” said Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre after the win, “To go behind early in a game and respond the way we did, I am very proud of the guys. This was an important win for us. We’ll enjoy this tonight as a group, then it will be a huge regional matchup against Colgate.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
In the first portion of action, both squads traded attacking chances as the tempo was end-to-end from the opening whistle. Clemson (6-1-0, 1-1-0) would find the breakthrough in the eighth minute of play from junior midfielder Reid.
After the opening goal, Syracuse (6-0-1, 2-0-0) kept increasing the intensity of its attack, pressing the Clemson backline, and forcing the Tigers into making mistakes. In the 18th minute, the Orange capitalized on one of those…
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