Boys Soccer Earns Sectional Home Game
October 19, 2015
The Boys Varsity Soccer Team finished their regular season strong by beating Holland 1-0. The back four of Owen Kissell, Austin Kissell, Matt Schuh, and Mike Munn earned the sixth shut-out of the season for Goal Keeper Joshua Dudley. The Bulldogs showed their improved possession game with clean passing all over the field. With a scoreless first half, Alden decided to go for the win and added Jeremy Jeziorski as an additional striker for the 2nd half. Twelve minutes into the half he passed the ball to Matthew Ess who put away the game winner. The win gives Alden a 8-2 Divisional record and a 2nd place divisional finish behind undefeated Lackawanna.
With the big divisional games competed, the Bulldogs hosted the Hutch Tech Engineers for non-league contest. Alden came out strong as Nate Nuwer put away a nice cross from Bradley Kibler in the 4th minute. Hutch Tech answered with a crazy dipping volley from 30 yards out. Nate scored again in the 30th minute off a pass through traffic from Matt Ess. Trevor Fitzgibbon and Zachary Long contributed to solid defense while Andrew Long debuted at holding midfield. Ian Hopcia showed his speed at attackingleft midfield and helped keep the pressure on Hutch Tech. A late goal by the Engineers forced overtime which produced no goals and resulted in a 2-2 tie. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 11-4-1 overall record.
The strong divisional record earned the Bulldogs home field advantage as the 4th seed in the B1 Sectional Tournament. Alden will host the Charter School of Applied Technologies in the Pre-Quarter Finals. A win will provide another home sectional game today versus either Olean or City Honors at 3:30. The semi-finals for B1 will then be played at Hamburg on 10/24 at 5:00 or 7:30. B1 Finals will also be on 10/28 at 7:30 at Hamburg.
Deanna Litostanskiy • Oct 19, 2015 at 11:31 am
The soccer team did a very good job playing. They went left undefeated. Hopefully they will be able to win all the games in the future.
Angelica Lito........ • Oct 19, 2015 at 11:25 am
The soccer game was a great game. They should try hard on the next game.KEEP UP WITH THE GOOD GAME have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andrew Long • Oct 19, 2015 at 11:23 am
Wow that is a very impressive divisional record. To bad we didn’t win the division. It would have been a really great achievement for our school. I hope that they will win. Good luck during the rest of the season.
Bradley Kibler • Oct 19, 2015 at 11:19 am
This article is very well organized. I like how the games are written in separate paragraphs in the order they were played. Also, thank you for spreading the record of our season and letting the school know how well the varsity team did. The detail of the games is great and the pictures go with the right games that were played. Great Job!
Raymond Boucher • Oct 19, 2015 at 11:19 am
These boys have worked hard all season. They are very deserving of their high seed and should make some noise in the playoffs. I’ll be at all their playoff games being their #1 fan like I have been all season long.
Allen Turton • Oct 19, 2015 at 10:53 am
Thank you WACS for promoting our Boys Soccer Program!! This team has a great group of hard working and talented young men. They recognize their success is a result of the dedication of those that came before them as well as their own effort everyday, not just game days. The best part is their desire to see the program get better after they leave.