Misericordia University Athletics

The Misericordia University men's soccer team beat DeSales, 2-1, Saturday.
 
Anthony Numssen scored a goal for the Cougars. Brody Eisenhart added an assist. DeSales also scored an own goal.
 
Misericordia got on the board on their first shot of the game. At 11:51, Eisenhart passed the ball directly to his left to Numssen, who struck the ball directly into the bottom right corner to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead.
 
Shane Macko had the next two shots for MU, but one was blocked and the other was just to the left of the net.
 
Noah Romero had a shot on goal at 31:25, but it was saved by the Bulldogs goalkeeper.
 
Misericordia doubled their lead at 38:57. Jaden Haig claimed the shot off of the DeSales goalkeeper, and passed the ball that was kicked into their own net by a DeSales defender. At halftime, the game score was 2-0 Cougars.
 
The first shot of the second half from the Cougars came from William Fogarty, but it was blocked by a Bulldogs defender. Numssen and Joshua Majekodumni followed with shots of their own, but both went over the net.
 
DeSales scored at 55:23 to bring the score to 2-1.
 
Misericordia's next chance came at 56:52, when Brody Eisenhart shot the ball to the bottom left corner of the net, but it was stopped by a diving save by the goalkeeper.
 
At 69:23, Spencer Pisani shot the ball to the bottom left corner, but it was saved by the goalkeeper.
 
Despite four DeSales shots in the last ten minutes of the game, the Misericordia defense held the Bulldogs offense to pick up the win.