Williamsport, PA – Keystone College and host Lycoming College were tied at 1-1 at halftime of Saturday afternoon's non-conference men's soccer game but the Warriors erupted for four second half goals to defeat the Giants 5-1 in Williamsport. Lycoming, who scored five unanswered goals to overcome
Eddy Enowbi (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook)'s early go-ahead goal, improves to 6-1 on the season while the loss drops Keystone overall record to 2-3-1.
Enowbi got the Giants off to a great start on Saturday, scoring his third goal of the season just 3:51 into the contest after finding himself alone in the center of the goal to bury the early chance as the visitors took the 1-0 lead. Lycoming equalized exactly four minutes later when Abdullahi Abdi scored on a penalty kick.
The game remained deadlocked at one-apiece going into halftime with the Warriors holding a 12-4 advantage in shots. Keystone goalkeeper
Adam Zbiciak (Saint Johns, MI/St. Johns) made four saves while Lycoming netminder Josh Gildea made a pair of stops to prevent any further scoring in the half.
The hosts took their first lead of the game just under nine minutes into the second half when Jordan Logan found the top right corner of the net after taking a pass from Dom Haynes. Lycoming pushed their lead to 3-1 in the 70
th minute when Sean McLaughlin scored off of an assist from Abdi.
Keenthy Yeboah scored goals in the 79
th and 87
th minutes to close out the scoring, with his first tally coming unassisted before Evan Zewe set up the Warriors fifth goal.
Lycoming finished the game with a 28-5 advantage in shots while Keystone held a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.
Gildea picked up the win after making three saves in goal for the hosts while Zbiciak made eight stops in the loss.
Aadil Mendez (Brooklyn, NY/Pocono Mountain East) led Keystone with three shots including two efforts on target while Enowbi and
Djavan Guy (New York, NY/St. John's Prep) were credited with a shot on goal each for the Giants.
Keystone will host the University of Valley Forge on Tuesday evening in the team's final tune-up before Colonial States Athletic Conference play begins next Saturday. Opening kickoff between the Giants and Patriots is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. in La Plume on Tuesday.