Dominant First Half Sees Men’s Soccer Pick Up Win Over UMBC

Score: UAlbany 3, UMBC 2
 
Location: Retriever Soccer Park | Baltimore, Md. 
Records: UAlbany (3-9-1, 1-2-0 America East) | UMBC (4-5-4, 1-1-1 America East)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany men’s soccer team picked up its first conference win of the season over the Retrievers
 
Trevor Gorman: “Tremendous effort from our guys tonight. Three points away from home is always difficult in this conference. I thought our first half was outstanding. In the second we’d have preferred not to make it so interesting, but we will happily take the win and move forward”
 
Key Stat Lines:

• UAlbany only took seven shots, four on goal in the win compared to the Retrievers’ 23 shots with six being on goal.
• UMBC took all seven corner kicks in the match.
• The Great Danes picked up 21 fouls to the Retrievers 10.
• Ander Castillo helped lead the Great Danes offense with three points off one goal and one assist.
• Ivar Orri Gissurarson and Timo Jansen would record two of the Great Danes’ goals in the match
• In his Purple and Gold debut, Kodai Tsuzuki picked up the win making four saves in 90 minutes while allowing two goals.

 
How it Happened:

• Alek Wroblewski of UMBC was the first to get a shot off in the match at the ‘4 which resulted in a blocked shot.
• The Great Danes were the first to find the back of the net in the ’12 off a goal from Ander Castillo to go ahead 1-0.
• The ’16 saw Ivar Orri Gissurarson give the Purple and Gold its second goal of the match off a laser shot outside the top left corner of the box finding its way past the goalie in the top…