Men's Soccer Falls to Lehigh in League Opener

Saturday, September 22

West Point, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

3-4-1

Lehigh

4-3-1

LEHIGH

ARMY

Tyler Mitchiner kicks the ball up the field

Men's Soccer Falls to Lehigh in League Opener

September 22, 2018 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's soccer team began its Patriot League season with a 3-0 loss to Lehigh on Saturday night at Malek Stadium at Clinton Field.

"We were in control for most of the first half but we let ourselves down in one moment and good teams like Lehigh will capitalize when that happens," head coach Russell Payne said. "It was good to have Tyler Mitchiner back on the field tonight and I know we'll get back in sync as a group."

Justin Stoll had a busy night with the Mountain Hawks (4-3-1) totaling 14 shots in the match. The Black Knights' (3-4-1) goalkeeper sent away five Lehigh shots on goal.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Oscar Pereira led the Black Knights with a career-high five shots.
The freshmen put two of his five strikes on goal.
Tyler Mitchiner added two shots with one being placed on goal.
20 different Cadets saw action in the match versus Lehigh.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lehigh jumped out to a 1-0 advantage after finding the back of the net in the 34th minute. Michael Tahiru got the ball and played it back to Mark Forrest, who sent a cross into the box. Josh Luchini was camping out in front of the Army goal and connected with for the score.
The Mountain Hawks added an insurance goal in the 51st minute when Tahiru sent a corner kick to the top of the box and Nick Jennings rifled a shot into the net to put Lehigh ahead 2-0.
The Lehigh lead was pushed to three goals after Luchini netted his second score of the night once he headed a ball into the net off of a double assist by Tahiru and Forrest.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will have a bounce back opportunity next Saturday night when they head to Hamilton, N.Y., to take on the defending Patriot League champs, Colgate at 7 p.m.