Colts vs Waves of Kingsborough

On Saturday October 5th the SUNY Orange Colts took on the 6-3-2 Waves of Kingsborough in what was a quiet match for both teams, neither team was able to gain an advantage and score a goal for the entirety of the first half and majority of the second half until So #11 Harrison Coard scored the first goal with under 20 minutes of play left in the game. Making a heads up play to give the Colts their first lead of the game they looked to hold out the rest of the game and deny any chance that Kingsborough had at tying the game at 1-1. 

With 5 minutes left in the match the Colts were defending every offensive possession that was thrown their way until one moment that changed the game, the Waves would tie the game up at 1-1 with 4:30 left in the game. With the match tied at 1 goal a piece both teams were tired and were doing everything they could to try and put one in the back of the net to close out the match. After almost 90 minutes of play the Waves managed to score the final goal of the game giving them a 2-1 victory over the Colts. 

After falling to 0-9-2 the Colts will keep their heads held high as their season is not over just yet, playing against the Panthers of the Borough Of Manahattan Community College on Tuesday October 8th at 4:00 EST @Orange County Community College and then will take on the Red Hawks of LaGuardia Community College on thursday October 10th for the Colts last home game of the 2024 season.

In today's match the Colts had just one goal scorer Harrison Coard who now has 6 goals on the year and 9 goals as a SUNY Orange Colt. 

GK Ebani Rugerio had a great game inside the net making some highlight plays while doing his job and preventing goals. Rugerio saw 14 shots on goal and let in just 2 giving him 12 total saves giving him 68 saves thus far.