The Details
Final Score: Riverhawks 4, College of Southern Maryland Hawks 3
Updated Records: AACC 6-6-1 overall, 6-4-1 conference. CSM 2-9 overall, 1-8 conference
Location: Anne Arundel Community College – Arnold, MD
Box Score: Found here
Media Gallery: Game video found here
Game Notes
The Riverhawks hosted the NJCAA DI Region XX Hawks from the College of Southern Maryland this past Tuesday night (10/10) with AACC earning the 4-3 victory.
Ryan Gruss (Pasadena, MD/Chesapeake) would score early for the Riverhawks giving AACC the 1-0 lead less than 3 minutes into the first half. Wasting little time to respond, the Hawks would tie the match at 1-1 just five minutes in.
The two teams would continue trading goals for the remainder of the first half with Riverhawk goals by Gruss for his second - assisted by Mark Jacoby (Glen Burnie, MD/Old Mill), and Mario Carneiro (Crofton, MD/Indian Creek) assisted by Gruss.
With the Riverhawks scoring last in the goal trade-off, AACC would lead 3-2 over CSM after the first half.
To start the second half the Hawks of the College of Southern Maryland would, once again, tie the game (3-3) but Riverhawk Zachary Roberts (Pasadena, MD/Archbishop Spalding) would finish off a beautiful assist from Deion Hunter (Laurel, MD/Meade) reclaiming the lead at 4-3.
Each team would make some aggressive plays towards the net but fail to finish – as time expired, AACC earned the 4-3 win.
Up Next
Next on the schedule for the Riverhawks is a Conference/Regional & Divisional match up on the road, against the Raptors of Montgomery College. The match is scheduled for a 4:00 p.m. start on Friday October 13th at the Germantown Soccer Plex.
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