COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: ELMIRA COLLEGE OPENS SEASON WITH WIN OVER MORRISVILLE (24 PHOTOS) (2023-09-03) Southern Tier Sports Report Paced by a three-goal effort from forward Martin Harguindey '26, the Elmira College men's soccer program opened its season with a 5-2 victory against visiting Morrisville State on Friday afternoon at Campus Field.
JUST THE BASICS: SCORE: Elmira 5, Morrisville State 2 LOCATION: Elmira, N.Y. | Campus Field TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (1-0-0), Morrisville (0-1-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED: • The Soaring Eagles opened the scoring just over 16 minutes into the contest as Harguindey finished a beautiful play set up by Jose Navea Corporan '27. • Konstantinos Triantafillou '27 netted his first collegiate goal for the Purple & Gold at the 20:57 mark of the first half to increase Elmira's advantage to 2-0. • In the 35th minute of action, Lutho Mlunguza '23 beat the Morrisville keeper to notch his first goal of the season and the 20th of his career. • Morrisville would end the scoring run by the Soaring Eagles as Dylan Rose beat Elmira keeper Asher Ellis '25 with a goal in the 36th minute to make it 3-1. • The Mustangs opened the scoring in the second half of the contest as a lucky break for Josh Lawniczak trimmed the deficit for Morrisville to 3-2 in the 69th minute of action. • Harguindey would make sure that the lead held for the Purple & Gold as he netted a goal in the 72nd minute to push the advantage to 4-2 before notching his third goal of the contest in the 89th minute to cap the scoring at 5-2. • In net for Elmira, Ellis played a full 90 minutes and stopped a pair of shots as he notched his second career win for the Soaring Eagles. • Elmira finished the contest with a 12-4 advantage in both corners and shots on goal against the Mustangs.
UP NEXT: The Purple & Gold travel to SUNY Brockport for a non-conference matchup against the Golden Eagles on Saturday beginning at 1:00 P.M. —— RELEASE COURTESY OF ELMIRA COLLEGE ATHLETICS. . . PHOTOS BY BRIAN FEES
