Men's Soccer falls to Navy, regroup behind Darvill hat trick against Rider in MAAC opener
Pat Taylor
Issue date: 10/13/09 Section: Sports
In the 64th minute of the contest, Bannister again turned provider for Darvill, slotting a perfectly timed pass past the Rider defense sending Darvill through on goal to beat the keeper for his hat trick.
"Rider was a good performance that has got us back on track," said Dines. "If Darvill doesn't win the Hermann Trophy after this performance it will be an injustice."
The outcome never seemed in doubt for the Hounds, and they dealt with the first MAAC competition of the season like a team who desperately needed a win.
The Hounds outshot Rider 16-9, and Wittman came up big for Loyola with five saves on the day to preserve the shutout.
"It was great to get off to a winning start in the conference," Darvill said. "We played some good football and we will now hop to build on this and keep improving."
The victory was especially big after falling to Navy in a close competition last tuesday.
The match against Navy started off slow with very few opportunities in the first half of play. The Hounds did well with possession, and actually played some of the best soccer they've played all year, making Navy chase the game, but they were unable to turn possession into opportunities.
The second half began with Navy pressing the Hounds, and about fifteen minutes into the half the Midshipmen scored the opening goal of the contest.
With the score 1-0, Loyola began to press more, and it wasn't long before the score was tied again.
Only minutes after Navy took the lead, Darvill leveled the score after a long ball by Wittman got poked to him by Bannister. Darvill beat his man and coolly put one by the keeper.
Loyola continued to press for the rest of regulation with Bannister and Leitch coming agonizingly close to scoring, but coming up short.
Regulation ended with the score tied, sending the game into extra time. It only took about two minutes for the Midshipmen to convert an opportunity off of a rebounded shot, ending the game and handing Loyola it's sixth loss of the year.
"Rider was a good performance that has got us back on track," said Dines. "If Darvill doesn't win the Hermann Trophy after this performance it will be an injustice."
The outcome never seemed in doubt for the Hounds, and they dealt with the first MAAC competition of the season like a team who desperately needed a win.
The Hounds outshot Rider 16-9, and Wittman came up big for Loyola with five saves on the day to preserve the shutout.
"It was great to get off to a winning start in the conference," Darvill said. "We played some good football and we will now hop to build on this and keep improving."
The victory was especially big after falling to Navy in a close competition last tuesday.
The match against Navy started off slow with very few opportunities in the first half of play. The Hounds did well with possession, and actually played some of the best soccer they've played all year, making Navy chase the game, but they were unable to turn possession into opportunities.
The second half began with Navy pressing the Hounds, and about fifteen minutes into the half the Midshipmen scored the opening goal of the contest.
With the score 1-0, Loyola began to press more, and it wasn't long before the score was tied again.
Only minutes after Navy took the lead, Darvill leveled the score after a long ball by Wittman got poked to him by Bannister. Darvill beat his man and coolly put one by the keeper.
Loyola continued to press for the rest of regulation with Bannister and Leitch coming agonizingly close to scoring, but coming up short.
Regulation ended with the score tied, sending the game into extra time. It only took about two minutes for the Midshipmen to convert an opportunity off of a rebounded shot, ending the game and handing Loyola it's sixth loss of the year.
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