Brookville, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team were defeated in its final regular season NEC matchup against LIU on Sunday afternoon. The teams were scoreless at halftime before LIU scored three times in the second half. Le Moyne finished with nine shots, including four on goal, while LIU totaled 16 shots and seven on goal.
Le Moyne (7-5-4, 3-3-2 NEC)
Starters: Dupell (GK), Kreuzpaintner, Lundstrom Svahnqvist, Ludemann, Palmer, Michitti, Karbownik, Allport, Huss, Weisser, Farris
LIU (6-7-1, 6-1-1 NEC)
Starters: Reine (GK), Atamao, Robinson, Levy, Leue, Salerno, Sommer, Hanley, Duffy, Ebner, Argueta
Recap:
Senior goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) was tested early, saving Mika Leue's shot at 3:15 before LIU added a corner kick, a Baxter Hanley attempt went wide and Diego Argueta forced another save at 14:03, while Le Moyne generated corner kicks at 7:26 and 14:55.
Le Moyne put its first shot on goal when redshirt junior forward
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen) was stopped by Samuel Reine at 21:10, and junior midfielder
Giuliano Michitti (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) followed with an attempt high at 23:34 during a stretch that also included LIU pressure from Tal Levy and Leue.
Dupell kept the half scoreless with another save on Levy at 30:30, and senior forward
Myles Palmer (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport/Roberts Wesleyan) answered with a shot saved by Reine at 35:04 as fouls broke up play late in the half. Redshirt sophomore forward
Aiden Granger (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) sent Le Moyne's final attempt wide at 44:02, and the first half ended 0-0.
Ludemann forced Samuel Reine into a save at 49:06, and Michitti sent a shot high less than a minute later as Le Moyne created the first chances of the second half. LIU generated a burst of pressure from 68:26 to 69:14 with three shots and a corner kick, then Tal Levy scored off a Mika Leue assist at 70:50 to give LIU a 1-0 lead.
Le Moyne answered with three corner kicks from 73:28 to 75:31, and Palmer hit the left woodwork at 76:58 during a stretch that also included several fouls and yellow cards to senior defender
Maximilian Huss (Karben, Germany/Elly-Heuss-Shule) and Kuba Kodym at 80:41. LIU pulled away with Levy goals at 81:30 and 82:41, and after Dupell saved Leue's shot at 83:22 and junior forward
Rhys Allport (Wirral, England/Reaseheath) missed high at 87:55, LIU finished off a 3-0 result.
'Phins Highlights:
Ludemann led Le Moyne with three shots and put all three on goal. Dupell played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded four saves.
