IAC BOYS SOCCER: PAIR OF SECOND-HALF GOALS HELPS SVEC EDGE ND (14 PHOTOS) (2024-09-17)

Tioga County Sports Report
SPENCER — After a first half dominated by strong goaltending, SVEC scored a pair of second-half goals to top Notre Dame 2-1 on Tuesday night.

“This was a physical game between two evenly-matched teams,” SVEC coach Jason Banks said. “Both keepers played well and made some quality saves to keep their teams in the game.”

It was a scoreless first half, but Claas Huenecke scored six minutes into the second half off a Kyle Jantz assist to make it 1-0.

Notre Dame needed just one minute to get the equalizer as an own goal by SVEC made it 1-1.

The game stayed tied until the final 20 minutes when Huenecke scored off a Noah Banks assist in the 25th minute for the game-winner.

“Overall, a good performance by our team tonight,” Bannks said. “The coaching staff was proud of how the boys handled themselves at the end with a lead. They pulled together to work hard to limit Notre Dame’s chances to equalize.

“This win will give the team some positive momentum going forward with a tough week,” he added.

Jackson Potter had eight saves for Notre Dame and Sirron Irvin also had eight saves for SVEC.

Shot totals were nearly equal with SVEC firing off 10 shots and Notre Dame taking nine.

A red card had Notre Dame down to 10 players for the final 25 minutes of the game.

“The boys created lots of chances and had plenty of corners,” Notre Dame coach Josh Miller said. “I am proud of the boys for the way they handled themselves and continued to play and create chances going a man down.

“Finn Schweizer played a fantastic game at center back," added Miller.



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