Saturday, September 23, 2000

ETOWN DEFEATS SCRANTON, 5-2

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown men's soccer team improved to 6-1 overall this season with a 5-2 home victory over Scranton Saturday.

Wyeth Raws (Malvern, PA/West Chester East) contributed to four of Elizabethtown's five goals, scoring the first two goals of the game and assisting two more. Tim Oswald (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge) scored the Blue Jays' final two goals, both on assists from Raws.

Etown jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead on Raws' goals, the first assisted by Oswald and the second assisted by Jamie Cook (Havertown, PA/The Haverford School). Cook scored the third goal of the half on an assist from Ryan Wattenschaidt (Jarrettsville, MD/North Harford).

Scranton (3-2-1) scored both its goals after the Blue Jays built up a 5-0 lead. Both were scored by Eric Kunzinger (Smithtown, NY/St. Anthony's) and assisted by Jeremy Basedow (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central). The first came with 4:18 remaining in the game and the second was scored with only 35 seconds left.

Elizabethtown returns to action at home Wednesday, September 27 against Albright. Game time is 4:00 p.m.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.

Elizabethtown 5, Scranton 2
Scranton (3-2-1)     0  2 — 2
Elizabethtown (6-1)  3  2 — 5

Scoring:
EC—Wyeth Raws (Tim Oswald), 9:44
EC—Raws (Jamie Cook), 28:23
EC—Cook (Ryan Wattenschaidt), 32:02
EC—Oswald (Raws), 48:49
EC—Oswald (Raws), 49:56
US—Eric Kunzinger (Jeremy Basedow), 85:42
US—Kunzinger (Basedow), 89:25

Shots: US 7, EC 22. Corners: US 3, EC 9. Fouls: US 14, EC 8. Yellow Cards: US 3, EC 2. Goalie Saves: Trevor Pericas (US) 3, Mike Crivello (US) 3, Nicklas Hostetter (EC) 2, Charlie Coffin (EC) 2, Michael Ciattei (EC) 1.