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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Vermont men's soccer team won the Fairfield Inn by Marriot JMU Invitational and moved to 2-0 on the season with a 3-1 victory over Appalachian State (0-1-1).
"We had a really good team effort today," said Vermont head coach
Jesse Cormier. "We knew going in with the heat and conditions we needed a major contribution from the bench and to use our depth, and that played out. Our bench did a fantastic job and provided great energy. This is a great start, the guys had a good weekend and now we have to work to maintain consistency and continue to improve."
The Catamounts surrendered the first goal of the game off a free kick. At 18:58, Alex Herbst tapped the re-start service to Patrick Harrow who was able to find the back of the net and put the Mountaineers up 1-0.
The Catamounts answered with two goals in the span of one minute.
Teddy Gula netted the equalizer at 38:39 of the match. Teammate
Daniel Giron's header off the post deflected to Gula who was able to finish off the scoring opportunity.
Nile Walwyn scored what proved to be the game-winner at 39:35. After a Vermont corner kick, the Appalachian State clearance was not clean and Walwyn was able to knock in his first goal of the season to put Vermont up 2-1.
Brian Wright added an insurance goal and his second tally of the season in the 75th minute. Wright capitalized on a turnover and made an individual effort to score and pushed Vermont's lead to 3-1.
Ryan Bailey was credited with five saves in his first start of the season for the Catamounts, while Paul West made six stops for the Mountaineers.
Vermont returns to Burlington and will host the Morgan Stanley Windjammer Classic on September 5 and 7 at Virtue Field. The Catamounts take on La Salle at 4 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 5) and then face St. Francis (N.Y.) on Sunday (Sept. 7) at 1:30 p.m.
