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MSOC TRN 102423
0
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY (5-8-2, 1-7-2)
4
Winner Amherst AMHERST (10-2-3, 6-1-3)
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY
(5-8-2, 1-7-2)
0
Final
4
Amherst AMHERST
(10-2-3, 6-1-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Trinity (Conn.) TRINITY 0 0 0
Amherst AMHERST 2 2 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Declan Sung's two goals leads #16 Mammoths past Trinity, 4-0, in regular-season finale

AMHERST, Mass. -- Senior Declan Sung scored his first two goals of the season Tuesday night, leading the 16th-ranked Amherst College men's soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Trinity College in its Mammoths' regular-season finale on Gooding Field. 

Amherst finished the regular season with a 10-2-3 record and a 6-1-3 mark in NESCAC play. The Mammoths earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming 2023 NESCAC Men's Soccer Tournament and will host No. 7 seeded Wesleyan University Saturday, October 28th at 12 p.m.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* The Mammoths came out pressuring the Bantams right away as just under four minutes in when Ignacio Cubeddu collected a Trinity clear near mifdield, spun to his right, pushed the ball between two defenders and unleashed a rocket of a shot toward the Bantam goal that seemed to bend to the right at the last moment, causing Trinity goalkeeper Nate Dyott to make a diving save to his left. 

* Amherst took a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute when Sung's long thrown in from the right sideline went through the hands of Dyott and then bounced off a Bantam defender. back to the top left-hand corner of the box. Sung followed his own throw and collected the ball, grounding it with his torso before dribbling to his left and chipping a shot into the far left-hand corner of the goal with his left foot. 

* In the game's 29th minute, Amherst doubled its lead. Cubeddu sent a long pass from the Mammoths' side of the field. Mohammed Nuhu ran onto the ball, cut toward the goal, dribbled into the box and perfectly placed a shot past Dyott for a 2-0 lead. 

* That was the score at halftime, but the Mammoths were not done. Sung's second goal came in the 67th minute as he received a pass from Luka Ohadike in the Trinity box and fired a shot to the short side for a 3-0 edge.

* The final goal came from first-year Lucas Liu, who received a pass from Ohadike on the right side and was able to push a shot passed the keeper. 



BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst finished with a 14-8 edge in shots, 8 to 4 in shots on goal. 

* Max Landa and Juan Perez combined to make 4 saves in the goal for the Mammoths. 
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