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KEENE STATE OWLS
Men's Soccer Postgame 10.21.2024
2
Winner No. 22 Williams WILLIAMS (9-2-2)
0
Keene State KSC (4-8-3)
Winner
No. 22 Williams WILLIAMS
(9-2-2)
2
Final
0
Keene State KSC
(4-8-3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
No. 22 Williams WILLIAMS 1 1 2
Keene State KSC 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

No. 22 Ephs Too Much for Owls, KSC Falls, 2-0

KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College men's soccer team hosted Williams College for the Owls' final regular season home game of the 2024 season at Dr. Ron Butcher Field on Monday night. In a game where Owls' goalkeeper, Eldin Husanovic, tied his career-high of eight saves in goal, it was not enough for the Owls, as their attack was unable to get it going and the Ephs snuck a pair of shots into the back of the net to pick up the 2-0 win over KSC.

Records
  • Keene State: 4-8-3 (3-3-1 LEC)
  • No. 22 Williams: 9-2-2 (5-2-1 NESCAC)
Postgame Interview (Matt Schmidt)

How It Happened
Williams, the number 22 ranked team in the country coming into the day, was on the attack early on in the contest, but Husanovic saved a pair of shots in the opening seven minutes to keep the contest scoreless early on. After Cristian Correa's shot for the Owls went wide of the net, shortly after, Ben Brown netted his first career collegiate goal for the Ephs, as he put Williams up, 1-0, in the 23rd minute. Through the rest of the opening half, neither team recorded a shot on goal, as Ali Alzawar's shot for the Owls was blocked, and his teammate Brandon Comire saw his shot go wide of the net as Williams took a 1-0 lead into the halftime.
 
Williams got on the board very quickly in the second half, as Tate Michelson sent a corner kick into the Owls' box and Lorcan Mitchell rocketed it into the back of the net to give the Ephs a 2-0 lead, 2:44 into the half. Williams tried to increase their lead over the next 12 minutes as they took seven shots, but Husanovic made four saves, while a pair of shots went wide, and the remaining shot was blocked by the Owls' defense to limit the lead to two for the Ephs. As Williams continued to sub a large number of their athletes in and out, both teams traded possessions back-and-forth across the next 18 minutes. The next shot on goal did not come until the 72nd and 76th minutes, as Husanovic made another two saves in net for the Owls. KSC's first shot on goal in the contest came in the 79th minute, as Stephen Kallestad tried to pull the Owls to within a goal, but Kai Darrell, who entered the game at the start of the second half, made a save to deny Kallestad. Kallestad again tried to spark a KSC comeback with less than four minutes remaining to play, but following another save on his header from Darrell, Williams would drain the clock the rest of the day and pick up the 2-0 win over KSC on the day. 
 
Inside the Box
  • With the loss, the Owls fall to 3-13 in the all-time series against Williams, with Williams winning the five most recent contests by a combined score of 11-1.
  • The Ephs outshot the Owls, 18-6, including 10-2 in shots on goal, and a 4-2 corner kick advantage.
  • Mitchell and Kallestad both tied with a game-high of two shots on goal each.
  • KSC currently sits in fourth place in the LEC standings, with 10 points over the season.
  • Click here for the full LEC men's soccer standings

Up Next
Keene State hits the road for their final LEC contest of the 2024 regular season for their next game as they will travel to take on Rhode Island College on Saturday, October 26, at 1:00 PM.
Williams' next game is their final 2024 regular season home game, as the Ephs will host Connecticut College on Saturday, October 26, at 12:30 PM.
 
 
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