The Mount Ida College Men’s Soccer team hosted Becker College today on a hot and humid afternoon. It was an extremely physical game with three yellow cards given out during the contest. The Hawks struck first with 19:44 left in the first half on a cross from junior Samuel Adjei (Worcester, MA/North). Junior Dircilino DeBrito (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford) volleyed it into the top corner of the net to go up 1-0.

Mustangs junior Adam Jensen (Boston, MA/Worcester Acd./Northeastern) had a great chance to tie it rocketing one towards the net at the eight minute mark. But it was quickly redirected by Hawks goaltender Aaron Fill (Ladner, BC/Delta Secondary) on a tough save.

Mount Ida got on the board in the second half off a ricocheted shot. Freshman midfielder Hayato Kanesaka (Old Tappan, NJ/Northern Valley) gathered his own rebound and poked it in behind the keeper for his second goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1.

Becker took the lead back on a ball tucked into the right corner of the net by Hawks junior Adjei making it 2-1. Junior Jason Gianatti (Southington, CT/Southington) did the feeding for the assist.

There would be no other significant opportunities for the Mustangs, they were handed their third loss of the season going into a tough conference game this Saturday.

Ida goal keeper Brian Leighton (Tuner, ME/Leavitt Area) had four saves and Hawks keeper Aaroon Fill had eight.

The Mustangs will face a tough Albertus Magnus College team this weekend in a conference match up at 3:15 pm on their home turf.