By Alex Hyman, Staff Writer
After back-to-back losses this week, the Hofstra University men’s soccer team’s chance to make the Colonial Athletic Association postseason is nearly over.
Desperately in need of a win, Hofstra returned home Wednesday night to host the Patriots of George Mason University.
Both defenses played extremely well in the early stages as neither team recorded a shot on net in the first ten minutes of the match. The first chance of the game came in the eleventh minute when sophomore midfielder Chris Griebsch won the ball and found freshman midfielder Maid Memic who was able to get a shot off, but it was deflected away by George Mason’s solid backline.
Hofstra had another golden opportunity in the twenty-seventh minute when senior striker Brett Carrington found junior midfielder Mike Annarumma who had his open net chance cleared by the defense.
George Mason struck just minutes later when senior midfielder Ryan Garcia received a pass off of a corner kick. He promptly knocked it into the back of the net to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Hofstra got its equalizer in the forty-third minute when a free kick taken by Griebsch was sent into the box and found the head of streaking sophomore defender Shaun Foster.
“Foster’s timing is just awesome” said head coach Richard Nuttall.
Less than ten minutes into the second half, Hofstra took advantage of another free kick from the midfield. This time Griebsch took the free kick and swung the ball into the box, which once again found the head of Foster.