Blazers Drop Home GNAC Match to Saints

Chicopee, MA – The Elms Blazers men's soccer team dropped their Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) appearance against Emmanuel University yesterday evening 4-1.

THE BASICS:

SCORE: Emmanuel 4 | Elms 1
RECORDS: Emmanuel (4-1-0, 2-0-0 GNAC) | Elms (2-3-0, 1-2-0 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blazers got on the board first as Musa Jiana (Brikama, Gambia) found the back of the net from twenty yards out in the 18^th minute of play to put the home team on top, 1-0.

The visiting Saints countered with four unanswered goals from four different players for the victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Dante Polletta, Justin Szwajkowski, Devon Polletta, and Brandon Costa all saw shots for Elms

- Collin Liedke had 3 saves for the match

FROM THE DESK OF COACH WYSOCKI:

“Not our best night. It's a disappointing result, for sure, but the mistakes we made were more unsettling than our overall performance. We spoke about bouncing back from our previous results and being ready and focused for the task at hand. And we were for large parts of the game. But you can't play well for a portion of a match. It needs to be 90 minutes. 

In this league, we know that anything less than our best won't be good enough. And for long stretches of the game, we played well and played our game. Scoring first with that beautiful goal was evidence of that. But then we took plays off. We switched off, and we were punished. We gifted them their first 3 goals, which is the most difficult part of this result. Not ready for a quick set-piece, not able to step up and clear a ball out, and indecision at the back cost us dearly. There were a lot of positives from tonight, but they'll be overshadowed by our costly mistakes. We need to tighten those things up and give a positive response against Albertus Magnus.”

UP NEXT:

- The Blazers are on the road tonight, continuing their conference play against the Albertus Magnus Falcons for a 7pm start.

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