Men's soccer loses to Amherst
David Lowe
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Sports
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It was a cool morning with a slight wind on Saturday, Oct. 13 when the Colby men's soccer team took the pitch against Amherst College. The Lord Jeffs, who are ranked third in the country in Division III, lived up to their expectations in front of a large crowd this Family Homecoming Weekend at Loeb's Field. Amherst handed Colby its fifth loss of the season 6-1, with all of Colby's losses coming at the feet of New England Small College Athletic Conference foes. Colby's record stands at 4-5-1 overall, and 1-5-1 in the NESCAC.
The scoring started early on for the Lord Jeffs, as it usually does. Amherst has outscored its opponents 13-1 cumulatively in the first half of all its games thus far. In the 11th minute, Taylor Downs scored for the Lord Jeffs, putting them up 1-0. Colby came back with some solid pressure, highlighted by one of Todd Boertzel's '09 many crosses of the game, nearly put in the goal by Logan King '09. Later on, in the 30th minute, Amherst scored again on a corner kick. John Kneeland received a pass about 23 yards out and drove a long low shot into the mass of players near the goal. The ball found its way into the net to boost Amherst up 2-0. Only two minutes later, after some crisp passing between Colby defenders, Amherst scored again, taking a 3-0 lead into halftime.
A bright spot for the Mules was their improved ball control in the closing ten minutes of the half, which enabled them to keep the ball in Amherst's half of the field. Besides a defensive breakdown early in the second half (the Colby defense thought the Amherst forward was offside and did not fully defend the ball) that put the Lord Jeffs up 4-0, Colby continued to pressure Amherst's defense, which was anchored by Chris Skayne and Tyler Wilson. In the 54th minute, Colby almost scored a header off a cross, and the next minute, Nate Seiberling '11 nearly scored on a cross, but his volley went directly to the keeper. Seiberling added a shot wide left in the 62nd minute. King curled a cross on a free kick after an Amherst penalty into the box, which Duy Lyford '10, who had recently been subbed in, scored to put the Mules on the board, 4-1.
The scoring started early on for the Lord Jeffs, as it usually does. Amherst has outscored its opponents 13-1 cumulatively in the first half of all its games thus far. In the 11th minute, Taylor Downs scored for the Lord Jeffs, putting them up 1-0. Colby came back with some solid pressure, highlighted by one of Todd Boertzel's '09 many crosses of the game, nearly put in the goal by Logan King '09. Later on, in the 30th minute, Amherst scored again on a corner kick. John Kneeland received a pass about 23 yards out and drove a long low shot into the mass of players near the goal. The ball found its way into the net to boost Amherst up 2-0. Only two minutes later, after some crisp passing between Colby defenders, Amherst scored again, taking a 3-0 lead into halftime.
A bright spot for the Mules was their improved ball control in the closing ten minutes of the half, which enabled them to keep the ball in Amherst's half of the field. Besides a defensive breakdown early in the second half (the Colby defense thought the Amherst forward was offside and did not fully defend the ball) that put the Lord Jeffs up 4-0, Colby continued to pressure Amherst's defense, which was anchored by Chris Skayne and Tyler Wilson. In the 54th minute, Colby almost scored a header off a cross, and the next minute, Nate Seiberling '11 nearly scored on a cross, but his volley went directly to the keeper. Seiberling added a shot wide left in the 62nd minute. King curled a cross on a free kick after an Amherst penalty into the box, which Duy Lyford '10, who had recently been subbed in, scored to put the Mules on the board, 4-1.
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