The Mount Ida College Men’s Soccer team hosted their second Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) game against Albertus Magnus College on a beautiful Saturday on campus. There were five yellow cards distributed, including one to the coach of Albertus for complaining about calls to the official.

The Mustangs got on the board first on a great cross by junior back Brandon Chuba (Wallingford, CT/Mark T. Sheehan) to the foot of goal machine forward Adam Jensen (Boston, MA/Worcester Academy/Northeastern). This would give Ida the 1-0 lead early in the match with 35:41 remaining in the first half.

Freshman Hayato Kanesaka (Old Tappan, NJ/Northern Valley) would tack on another goal at the 3:30 mark on an incredible shot in the upper left hand corner of the net, fed by senior captain Greg Hagan (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth). This would put the Mustangs up 2-0 going into the second half.

The Mustangs had another opportunity to make it 3-0 off a cross by freshman Alex Pacitti (Sturbridge, MA/Sturbridge) that Hagan put a great head ball on, but Albertus goaltender Gerald O’Connor (Hamden, CT/Hamden) made a great save.

The game would end in the first half on a score of 2-0 in a very physical match where there were five yellow cards throughout the whole match.

The Mustangs will stay home for a Tuesday match up against Johnson and Wales University starting at 3:30 p.m.