Men’s Soccer Earns 2-1 Star Win Over Navy

Tuesday, November 3

Chester, Pa.

7 PM ET

Army West Point

5-6-5, 3-2-3

Navy

8-8-1, 4-4-0

Navy

Army West Point

Men’s Soccer Earns 2-1 Star Win Over Navy

November 03, 2015 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

CHESTER, Pa. – Senior Cody Guerry netted a pair of goals to help send the Army West Point men's soccer team to a 2-1 Star victory over Navy in a Patriot League match on Tuesday evening at PPL Park.

Army (5-6-5 overall, 3-2-3 Patriot League) builds its point total to 12 points with the win and moves into a tie with Navy (8-8-1, 4-4-0) for fifth in the conference. Army has yet to clinch a spot in the Patriot League Tournament, but currently stands in the fifth spot after defeating Navy. Both Army and Navy are three points clear of seventh-place Bucknell, which is the first team out.

Army-Navy Cup IV was played in front of a crowd of 9,316 fans, which marks the third-most for a college soccer match this season, and the second-most in Army-Navy soccer history behind last year's attendance of 10,168.

Guerry netted both of his markers in the first half, while junior Nick Williams and sophomore Brett Becia tallied assists. Senior goalkeeper Chris Britt made five saves in the victory.

"The players worked so hard and it means everything to the program to get this win in front of our fans," said head coach Russell Payne. "Cody was tremendous. The fantastic thing about Cody is he's saved his best for last. He's really come out of the gates in the Patriot League when it really matters."

Army controlled the majority of possession during the game's opening 10 minutes before Navy held the ball in its attacking third for the next several minutes. Britt made a stop on a free kick from Navy's P.J. Suess in the 16th minute before saving a second shot off the foot of Jamie Dubyoski from inside the 18-yard box in the 18th minute to keep to match scoreless.

Junior Alex Jaroscak flicked a header on goal from just inside the 18-yard box in the 19th minute before Navy keeper Jackson Morgan corralled the shot. Army broke onto the scoreboard just 1:02 later when Guerry scored on the right side after receiving a pass from 18 yards out by Becia to give the Black Knights a 1-0 advantage in the 19th minute.

The Midshipmen nearly knotted the score in the 21st minute as Daniel Camuti struck a shot off Army's crossbar.

Guerry doubled his team's margin in the 28th minute after taking advantage of a miscue by Morgan. Sophomore Shaban Abousaud sent a long pass from the midfield along the right side of the pitch to Williams, who dribbled around a diving Morgan at the right side of the 18-yard box before passing to a wide-open Guerry for the goal.

Britt stopped a header shot from Navy's Daniel Zaremba in the 34th minute to preserve Army's two-goal advantage heading into the half.

Williams opened the second half with a shot in the 53rd minute that was saved before the Midshipmen registered a threatening chance in the 59th minute, as Suess sent a shot off the crossbar on a set piece in the 59th minute.

Britt came up with another save on a shot from inside the 18-yard box when Navy's Thomas Shiiba found his way into a scoring position and directed a hard shot on target in the 66th minute.

Williams rang a shot off the woodwork in the 68th minute as the junior's attempt deflected off of Navy's left post before the Midshipmen answered with a goal in the 69th minute. Navy won a penalty kick after a foul from Army inside the Black Knights' 18-yard box and Dubyoski sent the set piece high inside the crossbar to bring his team back to within a goal.

Junior Christian Clark and Williams accounted for shots in the 85th and 86th minutes, respectively, before Navy's Sam Bascom sent a shot high with nine seconds remaining.

Army finishes its regular season with a match at Bucknell on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.

MATCH NOTES: Army improves to 28-40-14 all-time versus Navy with its first victory over the Midshipmen since 2008 … the Black Knights improve to 1-2-1 since the Army-Navy Cup began in 2012 … Tuesday was Guerry's second multi-goal game of the season after he netted two against Lehigh on Oct. 11 … Guerry leads Army with six goals, three assists and 15 points this year … Tuesday's victory was the first time Army scored two goals versus Navy since winning 2-1 in overtime in the 2007 meeting … Becia tallied an assist for his first career point … the Black Knights move into a tie for fifth in the Patriot League after the win.