#3 MT. ALOYSIUS, #5 ALFRED STATE EARN MEN'S SOCCER FIRST ROUND VICTORIES

#3 Mount Aloysius College and #5 Alfred State College each picked up victories in the AMCC Men's Soccer First Round games to advance to conference semifinals. The Mounties defeated #6 Pitt-Greensburg 4-0, while the Pioneers earned the 2-0 upset over #4 Pitt-Bradford.

Mount Aloysius 4, Pitt-Greensburg 0
Mount Aloysius and Pitt-Greensburg went into halftime tied at 0-0 before the Mounties were able to open up the scoring in the second half. At the 43:34 mark, Jonathan Fernandez connected on a shot following a corner kick to give the Mounties the 1-0 advantage. Mount's Tevin Beedle scored back-to-back goals less than 10 minutes apart to expand the Mountie led to 3-0. With six minutes to play in the game, Jesper Stensson set the final score at 4-0 when he found the back of the net. 

Alfred State 2, Pitt-Bradford 0
Alfred State's Nuri Sarbudak opened the scoring for the Pioneers at the 39:49 mark to make the score 1-0, as Jack Leahy was credited with the assist. Sarbudak once again found the back of the net in the second half at the 85:45 mark, this time get getting the unassisted goal. Alfred State goalkeeper Thad Grierson saw five shots on goal, stopping all five shots that came his way.