Men’s Soccer Holds Off Holy Cross for 1-0 Win

Wednesday, October 5

West Point, N.Y.

7 PM

Army West Point

5-4-1, 2-1-0PL

Holy Cross

5-6-0, 1-2-0PL

Holy Cross

Army West Point

Men’s Soccer Holds Off Holy Cross for 1-0 Win

October 05, 2016 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Freshman Rex Epps scored his sixth goal of the year early in the first half to help give the Army West Point men's soccer team a 1-0 Patriot League victory over Holy Cross on Wednesday evening at Clinton Field.

Army improves to 5-4-1 overall and 2-1-0 in the Patriot League after the win, while Holy Cross drops to 5-6-0 and 1-2-0.

Epps' goal came in the seventh minute and classmate Keenan O'Shea was credited with his first assist of the year. O'Shea played a ball down to Epps out of the midfield before Epps dribbled past a defender and beat Holy Cross goalkeeper Bobby Hurstak on the right side.

Freshman goalie Justin Stoll needed only one save to record his third clean sheet of the year for the Black Knights and improve to 3-2-0.

The Crusaders entered the match as the Patriot League's highest-scoring team, with 2.00 goals per game, but Stoll and the Army back line held them scoreless for just the second time this year.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army improves to 17-14-4 all-time against Holy Cross.
Army's win marks its first victory over Holy Cross since 2011.
With his sixth goal of the season, Epps vaults himself back into a tie atop the Patriot League in goals scored.
Epps' goal came 6:34 into the match for Army's fast goal of the season. The Cadets' next quickest goal was Nick Williams' tally 11:03 into the Siena game.
O'Shea becomes the fourth Black Knight to have at least one goal and one assist this year.
Stoll earned his third shutout in the last four outings. All of his shutouts this year have come in 1-0 Army victories.
Wednesday's game marked the first shutout in the Army-Holy Cross rivalry since the Crusaders won, 1-0, in 2012.

KEY MOMENTS

Army freshman defender Zac McGraw recorded a pair of important clears as Holy Cross pressured the Cadets' back line in a desperate attempt at a game-tying goal late in the contest.
McGraw used his 6-foot-4 frame to head away two dangerous crosses following a corner kick from Justin Carfora in the 88th minute.

HOW IT HAPPENED