(Courtesy of yumacs.com) The Yeshiva University men’s soccer team came from behind to earn its first victory of the season by a score of 3-1, over Green Mountain College at Votee Park, on Sunday afternoon. Yeshiva evens its record to 1-1, while Green Mountain drops to 1-1.
The game-winning goal was scored by freshman forward Jonah Beberman, in the 68th minute, to break a 1-1 tie. He earned the goal by dribbling the ball past one Green Mountain defender and then propelled a shot over the heads of the Eagles’ defense and into the net. Junior midfielder Ilan Slonim was credited with the assist.
This marks the first career collegiate head coaching victory for J.J. Davidson. “Today was a great win and another huge step forward in our development as a team,” Davidson said. “What pleased me most about the match was the character the team showed. We showed real maturity and control I haven’t seen from these players previously.”
The Eagles struck first in the 31st minute, as Cameron Book shot the ball that was stopped, but then tipped in his own rebound from inside the box to give the visiting team a 1-0 advantage. However, Yeshiva countered just over two minutes later.
After drawing a foul, senior midfielder Dan Cohen fed the ball to sophomore forward Alberto Benhamu, off a free kick, and Benhamu sprinted down the field and pushed the ball past the goalkeeper, in a one-on-one situation, to tie the match in the 33rd minute. That would be the score at the intermission.
In the second half, Yeshiva earned its first lead of the match thanks to Beberman’s match-winner. Yeshiva added insurance in the 87th minute, as Slonim drilled the ball into the ceiling of the cage from midfield, to extend YU’s lead to 3-1. Yeshiva went on to win by that score.
For the match, the Maccabees had a one-sided advantage in shots, 26-6. The home team also took the majority of the corner kicks by a 12-2 margin. In goal, freshman Edgar Schottland made three saves to earn his first career collegiate victory. For Green Mountain, Sawyer Levy stopped one shot.
