Box Score

The Wilkes University men's soccer team remains perfect in Freedom Conference play after a convincing 3-0 victory over Delaware Valley College on Saturday afternoon at Ralston Field.

 

The homecoming victory improves the Colonels to 6-5 on the season and 2-0 in conference play, while the Aggies see their record slide to 3-6-1 and 1-1 in the conference.

 

Wilkes would take control early as Greg Miller (Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood) took a through pass from Doug Moore (Doylestown, Pa./New-Hope Solebury) and was able to finish only 9:25 into the contest to make the score 1-0. The score would remain the same into the second half.

 

The Colonels would strike again at the 52:32 mark when Arthur Jankowski (Mountaintop, Pa./Crestwood) tapped in the second goal of the game that came off of a deflection by the Aggies keeper. Wilkes would add an insurance goal 10 minutes later when Ryan Phillips (Beach Lake, Pa./Honesdale) drove home a shot off of a Bret Osswald (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) feed.

 

TJ Baloga (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) and Kaleb Smith (Beavertown, Pa./Medd-West) combined for two saves in the win in goal for the Colonels, with Smith preserving the shutout by stopping a penalty kick with less than four minutes remaining. Tristan Preece and Steve Richtmyer stopped five total shots for Delaware Valley.