The Holy Cross College men’s soccer team returned to the pitch Tuesday afternoon when they traveled to Rochester Christian. Juan Perez got the Saints on the board with a goal, unassisted, in the 7th. Holy Cross would enter halftime up 0-1. The men’s team battled on the road and achievied a 3-1 win against RC with goals from Kevin Vidana, unassisted, and another goal from Juan Perez, assisted by Nathan Sanchez in the second half. Holy Cross is currently holding a record of 1-1-0 for the season.Â
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COACH COMMENTSÂ
“Today’s game was all about resiliency and really tested our young group. We started the match off slow, but I feel everyone picked it up in the second half. I was interested to see how we would respond after coming off a tough game and to be honest, despite some early mistakes, I am proud of how this group responded. It was another match where our number of underclassmen on the pitch outnumbered our upper classmen. However, it was our upperclassmen who stepped up in the 2nd half when we needed them the most and led our young group to victory. Sebastian played a key role in goal making some great saves, Isa Sayeed anchored the back line, Juan scored two great goals, and Kevin and Ike did the important things defensively up top that allowed us to maintain possession more in the second half. It was great to see everything come together in a match we deserved the result.
We’ll take this win, have some much-needed down time, and prepare for another top NAIA opponent next week.”-Omar Gallo
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NEXT TIME OUT:Â
The Saints return to play on August 28th when they take on Marian University on the road. Kickoff set for 7:00pm.Â