New York, NY - Hunter College men's soccer fell to Lehman College this past Saturday with a score of 4-3. With the loss, the Hawks are now 5-6 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
The first goal of the game was scored by Lehman just 15 minutes into the game. Hunter did not take long to reply, striking back with a goal of their own from
Bryan Suertegaray just one minute later to tie the score, 1-1.
The high-scoring game continued as Lehman netted another goal at the 19:10 minute mark and then scored again in the last minute of the half to lead the Hawks 3-1 at halftime.
Hunter came out hot in the second half as Aristo Ioannidis recorded a goal from
Brandon Fiscina six minutes into play to trail by just one. The Hawks quickly came back from the halftime deficit by scoring again, this time from Fiscina, tying the game 3-3 with 20 minutes left of regulation.
Hunter battled to notch the last goal of the game, tallying six shots in last 20 minutes, but it would be the Lightning who would net the heartbreaker for the Hawks. Lehman scored in the last second of the game off a free kick to take the game, 4-3.
Suertegaray, Ioannidis and Fiscina each recorded a goal in the loss, while Fiscina,
William Benitez and
Diego Cisneros were each credited with assists. Goalkeeper
Garrett Babbitt earned one save in the game.
Hunter will return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 7 when they take on The City College of New York at 3 p.m.