Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - The Mount Ida College men's soccer team dropped a 2-1 loss to hosting Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) member Norwich University Wednesday afternoon in Northfield, Vermont for their third consecutive loss. The Mustangs fall to an overall record of 6-8-1, 4-5 in conference action.
Junior Anthony Amell (Northfield, Vt.) and sophomore Derek Morin (South Paris, Maine) each scored a goal to the lead the Cadets to the win that vaulted them up into a tie for third-place in the GNAC standings with defending league champion St. Joseph's (Maine)
Morin picked the perfect time to score his first goal of the season as he broke a 1-1 tie in the 64th minute in what proved to be the eventual game-winning goal. With the victory, Norwich broke a two-game conference losing skid while improving to 9-5-1 overall and 5-3-1 in GNAC play.
Morin scored off a loose ball in the penalty box that was flicked in by Billy Flanagan (Oxford, N.Y.) off a throw in from Mike Ravenelle (Merrimack, N.H.).
The Cadets were able to fend off the Mustangs over the remaining 26 minutes, including surviving an unsettled situation in the last 20 seconds of the match. Mount Ida (6-8-1, 4-5-0 GNAC) had a few chances at a loose ball in a scrum in front of the Norwich net that no one was able to get a solid foot on before NU sophomore keeper Greg Payne (State College, Pa.) finally scooped up the ball to end the chance.
Payne booted the ball to midfield and Mount Ida was never able to mount another scoring chance before the final horn blew.
Amell opened the scoring in the 30th minute when he one-touched home a crossing pass from the left from Ryan Curley (East Haddam, Conn.) into the left corner of the net to give Norwich a 1-0 lead.
The lead would be short lived though as Mount Ida answered back less than a minute later when Dishawn Miller scored off a free kick from Carlos Rojas. Miller got a foot on Rojas' service and the ball pin balled in the Norwich penalty area off a few players before finding its way into the left corner of the net leaving Payne no chance.
Payne made one save on the day to pick up the victory and improve to 5-3-1 on the year. Mount Ida's Matt Pils made five saves in the loss for the Mustangs.
Mount Ida men's soccer will host their final GNAC contest of the season against visiting Emerson College on Senior Day with kick-off at 12:00 p.m.
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