Men's Soccer Tripped Up By St. Bonaventure

Tuesday, October 12

Olean, NY

4 P.M.

Army West Point

6-5-1, 3-2-0

St. Bonaventure

3-7-1, 2-2-0

Army West Point

St. Bonaventure

Photo by: Army Athletics

Men's Soccer Tripped Up By St. Bonaventure

October 12, 2021 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Phil Tor

GAME 12
SCORE	St. Bonaventure 3, Army Black Knights 2
RECORDS	St. Bonaventure (3-7-1, 2-2, A-10), Army (6-5-1, 3-2-0 Patriot)
SCORERS	Army – Brandon Bryant (8'), Oscar Pereira (11') St. Bonaventure – Matt Wrobel (19'), Umechi Akuazaoku (41', 47'), Joshua Pulla (89')
LOCATION	Olean, N.Y.

OLEAN, N.Y. - The Army West Point men's soccer team fell to the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, 4-2, in the team's last non-conference match on Tuesday. Army got a pair of early goals from Brandon Bryant and Oscar Pereira, but it was not enough to top the Bonnies.

HOW IT HAPPENED
In its second game in four days, Army went on the attack from the first touch, progressing the ball into the Bonnie half of the pitch and controlling the pace of play for the first five minutes of action. The Black Knights kept up its offensive pressure and score the first goal of the game off the right foot of Brandon Bryant. The freshman fired a strong shot that deflected that the Bonnie keeper could not control and put the Black Knights up a goal.

Just three minutes later, senior Oscar Pereira collected a pass from Bryant, settled the ball at the top of the 18 and fired a shot that ricocheted off a Bonnie defender and trickled into the bottom left corner of the net to put Army up a pair of goals just 11 minutes into action.

St. Bonaventure would put up a couple of goals in the remaining portion of first half to tie the score heading into halftime. Carter Kowalewski, Bradley Schweickert and Pereira all put shots on goal, but were not able to beat the keeper as the scored remained tied after 45 minutes.

The Bonnies struck first out of the halftime break, picking up a goal in the 48th minute to go up one score. Pereira and Atef Sikazwe both had opportunities on the following possessions but were both denied by the Bonnie keeper.

Army would keep on the attack, but came up just short, eventually falling to the Bonnies who would add a late goal to win, 4-2.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Oscar Pereira scored the 15th goal of his Army career in the contest and the sixth of the season to lead the Cadets
Brandon Bryant recorded his fourth goal of the season against the Bonnies
Army played 23 Cadets in the contest and will pay its third game in seven days on Saturday
The Black Knights outshot the Bonnies 18-12 and put seven shots on net
Army's nine multi-goal games is now the most in a season since 1991 (10).

COACHES CORNER

"Every time we play we are finding lessons to learn from. Today we started well and St. Bonaventure fought and got the result in the end.

We are sticking together, doubling down on emphasizing our habits and giving no excuses for the last few results.

We have everything to play for in the last four games of the regular season and are looking forward to getting back on the field Saturday at American." - Army head men's soccer coach, Brian Plotkin.

UP NEXT
Army will play its third road game in seven days when it travels to Washington D.C. to take on American University on Saturday. The Patriot League contest is slated for a 2 PM first kick.

FOLLOW ALONG
For complete coverage of Army West Point men's soccer, follow the Black Knights on Twitter and Instagram at @ArmyWP_MSoccer and online at www.goarmywestpoint.com.