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With the playoff chase over, they hoped to perhaps play the role of spoiler. But that didn’t go as expected either.
All the University of Albany needed was one goal, but instead they scored three to defeat the University of Maine men’s soccer team 3-0 on Wednesday at Varsity Field in Albany, N.Y.
The loss officially ends the Black Bears’ season, which sees them miss the postseason for the second year in a row.
As for the Great Danes, they will enter the America East Conference tournament as the fifth seed and will take on the University of Vermont Catamounts on Saturday.
Albany’s run to victory started in the first half when freshman Tufi Long received the ball via a through pass by Erik DiLorenzo.
Once the striker got behind the UMaine defense, he beat Black Bears goalkeeper Ben Piotrowski to take a 1-0 lead. Piotroswski was making his first start of the season because their regular keeper, senior Chad Mongeon, was unavailable and missed the final game of his career due to picking up a red card in UMaine’s 3-2 loss to Stony Brook last Sunday.
In the second half, the Great Danes were able to cushion their lead when Yan Gbolo managed to beat Piotrowski to extend the lead to 2-0.
The final goal came with less than 15 minutes left as Eric Zekiroski notched his second goal of the season for what proved to be a 3-0 final scoreline.
With the loss, the Black Bears finish with a 2-11-2 overall record, and they finish the season winless in America East play with an 0-6-2 mark.
The Black Bears say good-bye to seniors Adam Chenault, Kevin Forgett, Gabriel Germano, Kyle Vosmus, Ben Wilcox, and Mongeon, who played in their final contests for UMaine yesterday.
