This past week, the men’s soccer team laced them up for two conference match-ups against Norwich and Albertus Magnus. Both of these games were extremely important to the playoff hopes of the Rams, who have a poor conference record this year. The playoffs are in reach but it will take a lot of work to get there.
Norwich was the first opponent if the week, and just 54 seconds into the contest, senior Djbril Niang scored his third goal of the year, putting Suffolk ahead 1-0. Both teams were scoreless for the rest of the half.
In the last 45 minutes of the game, Norwich was dominant. At the 50th, 57th, and 62nd minute, Norwich scored three goals to put them ahead 3-1. The dramatic shift in momentum stopped Suffolk in their tracks as the Rams were caught off guard.
Norwich out-shot Suffolk 13-10 in shots on net. Suffolk Goaltender Nicholas Chamma made 10 saves in the game, but picked up the loss bringing his record to 4-8.
Norwich has an 8-3-2 record including a 4-1-1 record in the GNAC conference; this was a chance for Suffolk to give a top team a loss and bump themselves up, but they fell short after a fast start.
Redemption was in the cards in the Rams following game against another GNAC opponent Albertus Magnus.
The start was not the one that Suffolk had hoped for.With just 11 minutes into the match, Suffolk looked up at the scoreboard and found themselves in a 2-0 deficit. Two goals by Albertus Magnus just seven minutes apart would be a tough obstacle to overcome.
In the 24th minute, Suffolk started to chip away at Albertus Magnus’ lead. Tyler Parmelee scored, assisted by Artem Axelrod to get Suffolk on the board and give Parmelee his second goal of the year.
About 15 minutes later, Suffolk goal scoring machine Andres Cohen netted another big goal for his team, tying the game and virtually wiping the slate clean. Cohen’s goal was assisted by senior Jeff Williams, who continues to service his teammates while dishing out assists left and right.
The game was tied going into the half, but Suffolk was not done scoring.
At just about the 70-minute mark, Tyler Parmelee celebrated his second goal of the match, which also gave the Rams a 3-2 lead going into the home-stretch of the match.
Cohen scored in the 88th minute giving him a two-goal game and helped put the icing on the cake for a Rams win. This goal represents the 9th that Cohen has put in the back of the net this year, which leads the team in goals scored.
On Wednesday, Suffolk will take on non-conference opponent Salve Regina, and on Saturday, will play a conference match against Mount Ida.
