BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University men's soccer (4-6-3, 0-1-1 SBC) suffered a 3-0 decision to Hartwick (5-6-1, 1-1-0 SBC) on Saturday evening at Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex.
The Mountaineers' streak of scoreless defense stopped in the first five minutes of the match when Jamie O'Grady scored one of this three goals to push the visitors to a 1-0 lead. Appalachian held opponents to 309 minutes without a goal before the streak ended. App tried to get some offense going moments later with simultaneous shots from
Juan Hernandez and
Ian Bennett, but both shots were fended off by the Hartwick defense.
Appalachian held Hartwick to a 1-0 edge going into the half despite two more shots at the target, which were saved by the goalkeeper,
Jake Chasteen. The Black and Gold stayed on the Hawks' tails for the better part of the second stanza. Hernandez fired off his second goal, which was on frame, but Lenny Wilson prevented the ball from going into the back of the net. It wasn't until a 2:08 span that Hartwick would take a commanding lead with less than five minutes to go thanks to two more scores from O'Grady to extend the lead to three.
Felix Kollmannthaler and Zeiko Harris both attempted shots at the frame, but couldn't get the shot in the back of the net.
App State will look to get back on track with a home match on Tuesday against Campbell at 7 p.m.
