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Nick Reinauer
Katie Willgohs
3
Winner Palm Beach Atlantic PBA (13-1 (7-1 SSC))
2
Eckerd College EC (4-8-1 (2-6 SSC))
Winner
Palm Beach Atlantic PBA
(13-1 (7-1 SSC))
3
Final
2
Eckerd College EC
(4-8-1 (2-6 SSC))
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Palm Beach Atlantic PBA 0 3 3
Eckerd College EC 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Amanda Green, Athletic Communications Coordinator

No. 4 Sailfish Narrowly Avoid Triton Upset Bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For 65 minutes, the Triton men's soccer team appeared to be on the verge of a major upset.

In the end, though, the depth of No. 4 Palm Beach Atlantic proved to be a deciding factor as the Sailfish scored three times in the final 26 minutes to escape Johnson Field with a 3-2 win.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: #4 Palm Beach Atlantic 3, Eckerd 2
Records: Eckerd 4-8-1 (2-6 SSC), Palm Beach Atlantic 13-1 (7-1 SSC)

KEY MOMENTS
  • Palm Beach Atlantic had two close-range chances just four minutes into the match, but Mason DeBaets made a pair of brilliant saves.  Eckerd also narrowly missed an early chance when Agustin Pertusso's strike from distance hit the crossbar in the 16th minute.
  • The Tritons broke through in the 33rd minute for a 1-0 lead. Juan David Tejada served a perfectly-placed corner kick to the top of the box when an unmarked Nick Reinauer was running on. The sophomore defender one-touched a hard strike past PBA's Elliott Barker inside the right post.
  • Eckerd doubled its lead minutes into the second half. Pertusso took a through ball near the top of the box, then danced his way around two defenders to beat Barker to the left corner.
  • The Tritons nearly added another goal in the 59th minute on another corner kick from Tejada.  Tejada sent the ball past the far post when Liam Guest out-jumped his defender and headed the pass into the upper right corner, but the goal was waved off due to a foul.
  • PBA finally scored in the 64th minute with Claudio Rivadeneira dribbling through a series of Triton defenders to get enough space to rip a low shot into the lower left corner.
  • The Sailfish struck again five minutes later. Rivadeneira shot inside the box was blocked but the rebound fell at the feet of Jack Burrows, who rocketed a shot inside the left post for the equalizer.
  • Palm Beach Atlantic took its first lead in the 76th minute when Rafael Souza slid a short pass inside the box to Rivadeneira.  Rivadeneira quickly sent a shot into the upper right corner for his second goal of the night.
  • Eckerd nearly equalized with two minutes left on a hard shot by Max Scherer from the left side, but the ball hit the post and deflected out of play.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • DeBaets stopped a career-high eight shots in the loss as PBA outshot Eckerd, 20-9.
  • The one-goal loss was Eckerd's fourth in six conference defeats.
  • Pertusso's goal was his fifth of the season while Reinauer's was his second.
UP NEXT
The Tritons travel to take on Florida Southern on Wednesday at 7:00 PM.
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