FREDERICK, Md. - The Albright men's soccer team (8-2-2, 0-1-1 MAC Commonwealth) went on the road on Saturday night squaring off against the Hood College Blazers (3-9-1, 1-0-1 MAC Commonwealth) in MAC Commonwealth action.
Curren Shesniak's 86th minute equalizer gave the Lions a 1-1 draw against the Blazers picking up an important point in the MAC Commonwealth standings.
The game remained scoreless through the majority of the first half. Just before the halftime whistle blew, the Blazers found a goal in the 40th minute to take a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Despite the deficit, Albright out shot Hood College in the first half forcing the Blazer netminder into making two saves.
As the time was winding down in the game the Lions were looking for a hero and found one in Shesniak.
The play started from a corner kick and the ball would eventually make its way to Shesniak who did the rest and deposited the header into the back of the Hood College goal.
The first career goal for Shesniak could not have come at a better time for the Lions. The late equalizer and subsequent 1-1 finish, gave Albright an all important point in the MAC Commonwealth standings which will surely be useful heading into the final regular season MAC Commonwealth games of the season.
The Lions finished with 10 shots total placing eight of them on frame. A total of eight different Lions recorded at least one shot tonight with Shesniak and
Noah Raimonde each recording two shots pacing the Lions attack.
UP NEXT:
The Albright men's soccer team will step out of conference play for a non conference match against local rival Penn State Berks. The game is set for a 4:30 p.m start on Tuesday, October 10.