EMMITSBURG,
Md. George Washington scored two goals in the final nine
minutes of the match to come from behind to defeat Mount St. Mary's
2-1 in non-conference men's soccer action on Saturday.
Chris
Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier) scored his
team-leading fourth goal of the season for the Mount (3-5-0) while
Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) made six saves in
the loss.
Andy
Stadler posted both goals for the Colonials (4-2-1) and Andy Scheer
turned away four shots in the winning effort.
George
Washington scored twice in a span of two minutes and 36 seconds to
overcome a one-goal deficit and come away with its fourth-straight
win against the Mountaineers.
Trailing
1-0, Stadler took a pass from Ryan Ruffing and found the back of
the net to tie the game at 1 at the 81:58 mark. Stadler then scored
the game-winner after the ball was kicked ahead and then he made a
move to score his team-leading ninth tally, handing the Colonials a
2-1 edge with five minutes and 26 seconds left.
The Mount
had a free kick after a foul five yards in front of the penalty box
in the closing minutes, but Wheeler has his kick blocked by the
George Washington wall and the Mount would not have a scoring
chance the rest of the match.
The game
was scoreless for the first 66 minutes of the game before Steve
Pathroff (North Ridgeville, Ohio/St. Ignatius) served the ball from
near midfield on the left and Wheeler flicked the ball into the
twine at 66:38 to hand the Mountaineers a 1-0 edge. The lead would
hold up for 15 minutes before Stadler, the current Atlantic-10
co-Player of the Week, took over the contest.
Mount St.
Mary's returns to action on Wednesday at home against Navy. Start
time is 3 p.m.