If a team does not give up any goals, they cannot lose, and the Falcons still have not given up a goal this year as they sit at 4-0 with a goal differential of 9-0 on their opponents.
Over the past weekend the squad took a trip to Philadelphia and beat the Drexel Dragons and Penn Quakers with scores of 3-0 and 2-0, respectively.
In addition to this, Senior defenseman Alexis Souahy was named to “College Soccer News” team of the week Monday. He matched ball and twine twice over the week with second half markers against Drexel and Penn.
In the game against the Dragons of Drexel, junior defenseman Moe Mustafa picked up where he left off against the Cleveland State Vikings by leading his team once again, this time with his boot putting two in the net. Souahy got the other to make it a 3-0 game.
“Moe is going to get some praise for (these) goals,” Falcons head coach Eric Nichols said. “But I think he had an even bigger impact defensively. He was massive for us, and along with Alexis (Souahy) and Tom (Wrobel) really held things together.”
Anthony Mwembia the Sophomore goaltender kept up his shutout streak by making all six of his saves.
The first goal of the game came on the first goal as Mustafa scored on a pass from sophomore forward Chris Brennan.
Mwembia was tested as a Dragon got a clean shot off a corner, but he was in position to make the save.
Coach Nichols said, ““We didn’t give up a lot of chances, but the ones we did were dangerous and they were at key moments in the game. We relied on Anthony (Mwembia) to make big plays to keep us in control of the match, and he did just that.”
Mustafa’s second goal came on a ball played by Junior Midfielder Peter Pugliese. The Drexel goalie was able to get a hand on the ball, but that was not enough.
Souahy’s goal came off a shot from freshman midfielder Zach Buescher.
In the match against Penn, it was the one Falcon player from Pennsylvania, sophomore forward Robert Miller III along with Souahy who put the ball in the net.
Again Mwembia stood tall on the backline saving the lone shot on net that Penn fired.
Miller III’s goal came on an assist from Brennan at the 53 minute mark on a shot from 12 feet out.
Junior forward Tate Robertson volleyed a corner that Souahy headed into the top corner for the goal.
“Winning is hard and winning on the road in college soccer is extremely hard,” Nichols said. “I’m really pleased for the guys. We came to Philadelphia with a goal of getting two good results, and to walk out of here with two wins … again, I’m very happy for our guys.”
The boys’ lone game next week is a home Saturday tilt at noon against the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
