Army Marches Past Raiders in Patriot League Tilt

Friday, September 29

West Point, N.Y.

7:30 p.m.

Army West Point

7-3, 1-1PL

Colgate

3-7, 0-2PL

COLGATE

ARMY

Army Marches Past Raiders in Patriot League Tilt

September 29, 2017 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's soccer team powered its way past Colgate, 2-0, in a Patriot League match in Malek Stadium at Clinton Field on Friday night.

The Black Knights picked up their first win in league play and now hold a 7-3 overall mark and 1-1 Patriot League record. With the loss, the Raiders fell to 3-7 on the season and 0-2 in conference action.

Army's defense put on a strong showing in the win, holding Colgate to just five shots. After the Raiders placed a shot on goal in the 12th minute, they were held without another shot for 68 minutes of play.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Sophomore Alex Grave de Peralta netted his first career goal for the Black Knights.
Fellow sophomore Rex Epps tallied an assist in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
It was the fifth time in his career that Epps scored in two consecutive games.
Army extended its streak of double-digit shots in a game to 17.
The Black Knights posted their fifth shutout victory of the season.
The Cadets are 5-0 this year when scoring two or more goals in a game.
For the second straight game, sophomore Tyler Mitchiner tallied an assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the 11th minute, Shaban Abousaud sent a through ball to the right side to Epps, who placed the ball into the box to set up Grave de Peralta for his first collegiate score.
In the early stages of the second half, the Black Knights added an insurance goal once Mitchiner hit a through ball over to Epps and he sent it past the Colgate keeper for the score.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will begin a four-game stretch away from Malek Stadium starting with a 7 p.m. tilt against Lafayette in Easton, Pa. on Wednesday.

KJ SMITH
The Army West Point men's soccer team honored Kevin J. Smith, a goalkeeper for the Black Knights from 1997-99 who was killed in combat in December of 2005, during halftime of tonight's game.