The men's soccer team dropped a pair of tough weekend road contests. FM traveled to Jamestown on Saturday and suffered a 2-3 overtime loss. On Sunday, the Raiders traveled to Genesee and dropped a 7-1 decision to the number one seeded Cougars.
Photo: Matthew Smrtic (14), Jefferson Jurado (11) and Brendan Gifford (8) fight for possession.
Against Jamestown, FM took the lead 1-0 four minutes into the contest when Jack Albertin found the back of the net. Jamestown scored with five minutes remaining to tie the game, and scored again a minute later to end the half leading 2-1.
Aiden VanLoan tied the game in the 59th minute off of an Albertin assist. FM held the Jayhawks scoreless the entire half and sent the game into overtime. Jamestown took just seven minutes to score in overtime and FM fell 2-3.
On Sunday, FM matched up against the talented Genesee squad. The Raiders held the Cougars to two goals in the first half. In the second half, Genesee opened up with a goal, but Aiden VanLoan scored his second goal of the weekend to cut the deficit to 3-1. Genesee got their offense clicking as they scored four more goals to win the contest 7-1.
FM moves to 5-5 overall and 9th in the Region 3 standings. The Raiders will host their last home contest of the season on Wednesday, October 11th against Adirondack. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.
