Groh_Moravian_102021
Emma Mesko
1
Moravian MOR (5-8-3, 0-4-1)
1
Elizabethtown ETOWN (8-4-2, 3-1-1)
Moravian MOR
(5-8-3, 0-4-1)
1
Final
1
Elizabethtown ETOWN
(8-4-2, 3-1-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT-2 OT 1 F
Moravian MOR 1 0 0 0 1
Elizabethtown ETOWN 0 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Groh's Late Goal Lifts Blue Jays to Tie with Greyhounds

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Freshman Jake Groh found the equalizing goal late in the second half, as the Elizabethtown College men's soccer team tied Moravian, 1-1, Wednesday night in Landmark Conference action.

With the draw, the Blue Jays move to 8-4-2 overall and 3-1-1 in the league, while the Greyhounds are now 5-8-3 and 0-4-1 in conference play.

Groh tallied his second goal of the season helped along by assists from junior Mehluko Letsoalo and freshman Cade Brubaker.

Sophomore Zach Nicholas scored for Moravian. Freshman Kyle Weiss and sophomore Donald Gibbs each had an assist for the visitors. 

The Greyhounds found the first goal of the game late in the first half as Gibbs collected an attempted clearance by Etown and passed it to Weiss in the right corner. Weiss hit a service into the box the junior goalkeeper Kelvin Del Cid rose up to meet. Del Cid, however, could not cleanly handle the cross, falling to Nicholas who buried it into the back of the net for the one goal lead heading into halftime.

It looked as if Moravian was going to sneak out of town with its first win of the season before the Blue Jays found the tying goal in the 87th minute. Brubaker collected the ball at midfield and knocked the ball into the middle of Greyhound's penalty box. Letsoalo rose up and headed the ball down to Groh who fired home the tying goal, forcing overtime.

Del Cid (6-3-2) made six saves while senior Mason LeSage (1-5-3) was forced to make three.

Elizabethtown hits the road for its final away game of the season on Saturday, October 23 against Drew. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m.
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