Men's Soccer Falls at Air Force, 2-0

Friday, September 12

USAF Academy, CO

6:30 pm

University of New Hampshire

2-3-0

Air Force Academy

2-0-2

New Hampshire

Air Force

9/12/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of New Hampshire men's soccer team fell at Air Force Academy by a score of 2-0 on Friday, Sept. 12. The loss drops UNH to 2-3-0 on the season while the Falcons improve to 2-0-2.

The Falcons got out to an early lead in the third minute of play on a shot by Scott McGillivray. Teammate Zachary Modly played the ball to McGillivray just outside of the box. McGillivray then fired a shot on net that went into the net on the right side.

UNH retaliated with a pair of attempts, the first of which came from Fazal Nabi (Portland, Maine) on a header attempt that went just high of the target. Sophomore Erik Martel (Bedford, N.H.) launched a shot in the 13^th minute of play, but the attempt was a little high of the net. After a pair of shots by McGillivray that went high of the net, A.J. Albers (Eagan, Minn.) had a header attempt that was blocked by the Falcon defense. Ben Ramin (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) gathered the rebound and fired a shot, but it too was blocked.

Albers connected again with a header in the 27^th minute, but Air Force keeper Jake Schenk made the save. David Schlatter (Marlton, N.J.) nearly got the 'Cats on the board in the 40^th minute with a header, but Schenk made the save. The play started with keeper Travis Worra (Lancaster, Pa.) blasting a punt down the field. Schlatter played the bounce in the box with his head, but Schenk was able to secure the ball. UNH kept the offense coming in the closing minutes of the first half as Schlatter recorded another header attempt that went just wide to the left of the net. Riley Ellis (Goffstown, N.H.) recorded a shot with under a minute left in the first half, but the midfielder sent the ball just high of the net.

At the end of the first half, the Falcons held a 1-0 advantage over the Wildcats. UNH outshot Air Force, 9-7 in the half.

Martel opened the second half with a pair of shots on goal, but Schenk made saves on each of the two shots. Christopher Wingate (Hovik, Norway) kept the pressure coming for the Wildcats with a blast in the 66^th minute, but the ball went just high of the target. Ramin also recorded another shot in the 70^th minute, but the ball was saved by Falcon keeper Schenk. Worra came up with a save in the 78^th minute of a shot by Air Force's Blake Elder as he knocked the ball out of bounds.

In the 80^th minute, AF took a 2-0 lead on a goal by Gus Jensen. The play started with Falcon Tucker Axhoj playing the ball to Trey Pujats. Pujats played the ball to Jensen who struck a one-time shot from 15 yards out to the left side of the net for the goal.

Martel recorded his fourth shot of the game in the 84^th minute of play that was saved by Schenk. Down on the other end of the field, Axhoj placed a shot on net, but Worra remained stood strong and made the save. In the closing minutes, Albers put a header attempt on net stemming from a free kick by Wingate, but Schenk kept the lead for the Falcons. At the end of the second half, UNH fell to Air Force, 2-0.

Worra made a pair of saves on the four shots he faced while Schenk saved all seven attempts from the Wildcats. New Hampshire outshot Air Force, 18-13, in the match and committed just nine fouls compared to Air Force's 17.

The Wildcats are back in action on Sunday, Sept. 14 when they take on Denver University. Kickoff is slated for 3:35 p.m. EDT.

For more information on men's soccer, visit www.UNHWildcats.com.