ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's soccer team dropped a road contest to RIT on Wednesday afternoon, 4-1.
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The loss gives the Bombers an overall record of 7-7-2 with a 2-5-1 mark in the Liberty League while RIT is now 6-5-3 on the season with a 4-2-2 conference record.
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The Bombers got on the board first in the 19
th minute of play.
Nate Schoen scored on a loose ball in front of the RIT net to give the Bombers a 1-0 lead.
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RIT would go on to score three goals in the first half, however, to take the lead.
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The Tigers pulled even at the 25:00 mark when Nick Simone sent a loose ball into the top left corner.
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The second RIT goal was just over five minutes later, in the 31
st minute, when Cam Shipley scored from the six-yard box of a corner kick.
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RIT scored its third goal of the half in the 42
nd minute. Connor Gill sent a shot towards goal which was saved by
Dan Hinckley. Simone controlled the rebound and fired off another shot into an open net, to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.
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The last goal of the game was not scored until there was just over two and a half minutes remaining. RIT's Tristan Scott scored on a penalty kick to make the score 4-1 which would hold until the end.
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The Bombers registered just five shots compared to RIT's 24 throughout the game.
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A Schoen shot in the 13
th minute was blocked before a header from
Nate Mansfield sailed wide less than 30 seconds later.
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In the second half, a
Justinian Michaels header was saved by Peter Cinibulk in the 84
th minute. A header from
Diego Sanchez went wide in the 84
th minute.
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In the net,
Dan Hinckley started the game and made four saves. Freshman
Lee Folger, in his first action as a Bomber, came on in relief to close out the first half and play the entirety of the second, also making four saves.
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Ithaca has one final regular-season game on Saturday, when the team travels to Poughkeepsie to face Vassar at 2 p.m.
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