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Jacob Dinzeo
2
Trinity (CT) TRI (6-7-1, 2-7-1)
4
Winner Amherst AMH (7-3-5, 2-3-5)
Trinity (CT) TRI
(6-7-1, 2-7-1)
2
Final
4
Amherst AMH
(7-3-5, 2-3-5)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Trinity (CT) TRI 1 1 2
Amherst AMH 2 2 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Amherst Qualifies For NESCAC Tournament With a Convincing Win Over Trinity, 4-2

AMHERST, MA. — Riley Priddy, Edward Wilkey, Danny Stanger and Vincent Akanbo each scored, and Jacob Dinzeo set up two goals, as the Amherst College men's soccer team beat Trinity College, 4-2, in its regular-season finale on Tuesday night at Gooding Field.

Amherst built a two-goal lead within the first 17 minutes and restored that margin twice more to hold off the Bantams. Three of the Mammoths' four goals were headers. The result extends Amherst's unbeaten run to five games, a stretch that includes wins at Colby and against Husson and draws with Bates and Wesleyan. The Mammoths finished eighth in the NESCAC standings to earn the last spot in the conference tournament.

With the win, Amherst finishes the regular season 7-3-5 overall and 2-3-5 in NESCAC play, while Trinity closes its season at 6-7-1 and 2-7-1 in the conference.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Trinity earned two early corner kicks, but Amherst struck first in the 12th minute. Stanger delivered a throw-in, and Priddy headed it past Trinity goalkeeper Jake Davis inside the far post at the 11:31 mark for a 1-0 lead.
  • Trey Sheppard stopped Cameron Linehan's shot at 15:22, and the Mammoths doubled their lead less than a minute later. Dinzeo sent in a corner kick, and Wilkey headed it home at 16:22 to make it 2-0.
  • Trinity cut into the lead in the 28th minute. An Amherst clearance attempt was not succesful, and Dillon Reilly finished the one-on-one chance against Sheppard at 27:11 to make it 2-1.
  • Linehan hit the crossbar at 40:00, while Davis saved shots from Mohammed Nuhu and Priddy late in the half, and Amherst led 2-1 at halftime.
  • The Mammoths got their two-goal lead back on another set piece. Dinzeo took a corner at 59:20, and Stanger rose to head it in two seconds later to make it 3-1.
  • Trinity was awarded a penalty kick in the 74th minute after Nadeem Rizk was fouled in the box, and Jack Murphy converted it at 73:34 to make it 3-2.
  • The Bantams hit the crossbar again at 76:44, but Amherst sealed the win in the 84th minute when Nuhu set up Akanbo for a goal at 83:35 and a 4-2 lead.
BY THE NUMBERS:
Trinity held a narrow 15-14 edge in total shots, but Amherst put nine shots on target to the Bantams' four. Trinity earned six corner kicks to Amherst's three. Two of the Mammoths' three corners led directly to goals. Dinzeo finished with two assists, both on corner kicks. Stanger had a goal and an assist, and Nuhu added an assist and led the team with four shots. Sheppard played all 90 minutes and made two saves. Davis also played the full 90 minutes for Trinity and made five saves. Trinity committed 14 fouls to Amherst's nine and was shown two of the game's three yellow cards.

UP NEXT:
Amherst enters the NESCAC Championship as the No. 8 seed and travels to top-seeded Middlebury College for a quarterfinal on Saturday, October 31st, at South Street Field in Middlebury, VT.
 
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