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Header Claw
Ibarra vs. Felician
Credit: Justin Maldonado, @visual.jxm
2
Nyack ALL (2-6-2, 2-3-1)
3
Winner Holy Family HFU (6-4-1, 4-1-1)
Nyack ALL
(2-6-2, 2-3-1)
2
Final
3
Holy Family HFU
(6-4-1, 4-1-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Nyack ALL 0 2 2
Holy Family HFU 2 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Holds Off Alliance as Tigers’ Unbeaten Run Reaches Six for First Time Since 2011

PHILADELPHIA – The HFU men's soccer team's unbeaten streak reached six for the first time since 2011 as the Tigers held off Alliance, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon at Tiger Field. 
 
Holy Family was in control up 2-0 with 16 minutes remaining until the visitors put the pressure on with a 75th minute strike.
 
Dakota Taylor's (Willow Grove, Pa./Archbishop Wood) insurance score with 4:49 to play would prove necessary when Alliance responded 27 seconds later.
 
The visitors could not get an attempt on in the final 4:22 though, securing Holy Family's fifth win in six matches. 
 
Taylor, Marcelo Ibarra (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) and Sean Touey (Rockledge, Pa./Abington) all had a goal and assist on the day, with Ibarra opening the scoring 11:08 in when Taylor played him in on-one-one with the keeper. 
 
Ibarra then set up Touey in the 34th minute with a cross from left end-line into the six-yard box. 
 
Touey provided what turned out the be the game-winning assist when Taylor struck home from outside the box to make the score 3-1. 
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Taylor's team-high five assists are as many as he had in his first three seasons, while his three goals trail only Touey and Gavin Rowan's (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) four for the team-laed
  • Ibarra's assist was the first of his collegiate career
  • Alliance had the slight 16-14 edge in attempts, with HFU holding a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal
    • The Tigers outshout Alliance 10-5 in the first half, with the visitors holding an 11-4 edge in the second
  • Taylor tied for a match-high with four attempts
  • Luke Shank (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) made two saves to earn the win
 
How it Happened 
First Half
  • Rowan and Michael Forde (Cambridge, United Kingdom/(Harcum College)) had attempts just over 30 seconds apart in the seventh and eighth minutes 
  • After scoring on its first two attempts on net, Joseph Amabile (Beachwood, N.J./Toms River South) was denied from long range just over a minute after HFU went up 2-0 
  • Kevin Duffy (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) missed high on the ensuing corner
  • Alliance's only shot on net came with just under six minutes remaining in the half
Second Half
  • Alliance had the first attempt on net after the break in the 66th minute
  • Rowan looked to add insurance 28 seconds after the visitors made the score 3-2 but was denied
 
Up Next
Holy Family plays the first of four straight road matches on Tuesday, traveling to Goldey-Beacom for a 3:30 p.m. start. 
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