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Heartbreaking Final Minute Sees Men’s Soccer Fall to Siena

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Score: UAlbany 0, Siena 1
 
Location: Casey Stadium in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (1-4-0, 0-0-0 America East) | Siena (1-1-2, 0-0-0 MAAC)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men’s soccer team dropped its second home match of the season to Siena in a close contest 1-0.
 
Key Stat Lines

  • As a team, both UAlbany and Siena recorded 16 shots and five saves.
  • UAlbany was awarded six corner kicks while Siena only took two in the match.
  • Siena led the contest with eight fouls to the Great Danes’ six total fouls.
  • Ander Castillo led the Great Danes with four shots, one on goal while Timo Jansen tallied three shots, two on goal.
  • Parker Kump spent all 90:00 minutes in goal where he recorded five saves for the Purple and Gold.

 
Head Coach Trevor Gorman: “Tonight is a really difficult result to process. It was a competitive match, there were a lot of things we did well, and we had chances. To see such a late goal from an unusual situation is of course heartbreaking. The effort was great & our players will continue fighting to see these types of games turn in our favor”
 
How it Happened:

  • Ander Castillo was the first player to take a shot in the contest in the ‘4.
  • On Siena’s side, Mario Perez Navarro recorded the first shot for the Saints missing wide right at the ‘6 mark.
  • A save by Parker Kump in the ’20 helped keep it at a nil-nil contest shortly followed by other saves from Kump in the ’26.
  • Back-to-back shots from Castillo and Brennan McDermott in the ’39 which came off of great chances, but weren’t enough to find to back of the net as…

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