Sparkill, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Soccer team dropped a 3-1 non-conference decision to Bloomsburg University on Wednesday afternoon at Spartan Field. The Spartans moved to 4-5-1, while the Huskies improved to 10-2-1.

How it Happened

• Bloomsburg tallied the match's first goal in the 7th minute of action, as the visitors would earn a corner kick and Stephen Hollis would send a seeing eye shot that would make its way past STAC's starting keeper Joshua Heber and to the back of the net.
• In the 23rd minute, Shay Gillen gave the Huskies a 2-0 advantage on a header goal via another corner kick opportunity, this time taken by teammate Olly Whitham.
• The visitors from Pennsylvania would take a two-goal lead into halftime, while also outshooting St. Thomas Aquinas by a 12-7 margin.
• In second half action, Bloomsburg's third goal came off of a rush up the far sideline by Liam Harmon in the 85th minute. Harmon would find Anthony Schlee who dribbled through a Spartan defender and found Sammy Ames at the opposite post for an easy tap-in.
• STAC finally broke the shutout in the 85th minute, when a Jorge Umana shot was blocked by the Huskies defense, and the rebound was corralled by Angel Catalan Hernandez and put to the back of the net to make it 3-1.

Inside the Box Score

• St. Thomas Aquinas outshot Bloomsburg 17-16.
• The Huskies earned a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks over the Spartans.
• Angel Catalan Hernandez tallied his second goal of the season.
• Jorge Umana recorded a team-high six shots, with three going on frame.
• Joshua Heber (L, 2-2-1) got the start between the sticks for STAC and stopped five of seven shots faced, before being replaced by Tabor McDaniels to start the second half. McDaniels made one save on two shots faced.

Up Next

STAC visits our nation's capital on Saturday, October 15 for a 1:00 p.m. ECC tilt with the University of the District of Columbia.