Box Score POTSDAM, NY – Rowan University forward
Shane Doherty scored his first two collegiate goals in the men's soccer team's 3-2 victory over Clarkson University at the North Country Classic on Sunday afternoon.
The Profs have a record of 2-1 and the Golden Knights fall to 1-2. St. Lawrence University recorded a 3-0 victory over SUNY Fredonia in the tournament's other game.
Rowan goalies
Kyle Dennis (fr. South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) and
Grant Kelly (fr. Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) each played one half. Kelly made two stops in the second stanza. Clarkson keeper Michael King (jr. Verona, NY/Verona) stopped one shot in the first half. Riley McDonald (fr. Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) recorded five saves in the second.
Clarkson jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 2:01 mark when forward Tucker Wilcox (jr. Broadalbin, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) knocked in a cross from midfielder Zachary Godin (sr. Philadelphia, NY/Indian River). Doherty (fr. Delran, NJ/Delran) tied the game with 40:39 to play in the first half off an assist from midfielder
Shane Kohler (sr. Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central Reg.). Forward
Travis Ward (so. New Egypt, NJ/New Egypt) found midfielder
Vinny Ignatowicz (jr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River S.) on a cross in the box. Ignatowicz beat the keeper in the right corner for a 2-1 Rowan advantage with 28:20 on the clock. Doherty extended the Profs lead to 3-1, netting his second goal at the 33:55 mark. Midfielder
Kevin Pereira (fr. Allentown, NJ/Allentown) provided the assist. In the second stanza, Godin converted a penalty kick with 38:25 left.
Rowan plays its home opener on Wednesday, Sept. 9 against the College of Staten Island at 7 p.m.
