For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

Swarthmore, Pa. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's soccer team suffered their first loss of the 2016 campaign Wednesday night. Senior defender Ryan Meuth (Mansfield, Mass./Groton) scored with 23 seconds left in regulation to lift Swarthmore College to a 3-2 non-conference win over the Seahawks, snapping St. Mary's seven-game unbeaten streak.

Swarthmore 3, St. Mary's (Md.) 2

How It Happened

• Meuth lead the Garnet to victory at 89:37 as he knocked in a rebound off the post from point-blank range.
• Swarthmore drew first blood just before the end of the first half when first-year forward Zach Viscusi (Aston, Pa./Episcopal) finished off a short-range goal for his first of the season.
• Early in the second stanza, sophomore midfielder Juwan Kearson (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's) evened up the score at 48:09.
• Junior midfielder Michael Nafziger (Crozet, Va./Western Albemarle) flicked a header into the goal from the six-yard line to return a one-goal lead to the Garnet at 68:30.
• The Seahawks continued to battle and senior captain Nick Tait (Silver Spring, Md./Sandy Spring Friends) netted an equalizer at 84:57 as Tait ripped a free kick from 20 yards out into the lower left corner.

For the Seahawks (6-1-1)

• Scorers: Kearson (1 goal); Tait (1 goal).
• Goalkeeper: Zack Haussler (3 saves, 3 goals allowed, 90:00).
• St. Mary's finished the game with 10 shots and four corner kicks.

For Swarthmore (4-3-0)

• Scorers: Viscusi (1 goal); Nafziger (1 goal); Meuth (1 goal); Evers (2 assists); Laniyan (1 assist).
• Goalkeeper: Michael Thut (1 save, 2 goals allowed, 90:00).
• The Garnet put up 17 shots and no corner kicks.

• St. Mary's entered today's action ranked fifth in the South Atlantic region for the second straight week.
• Tait moved up once again in the St. Mary's men's soccer record books as he is now tied for fifth all-time with 74 career points. He remains tied for sixth with 20 assists and seventh with 27 goals.

Up next for the Seahawks

• 9/24 at Penn State Harrisburg – 2:00 p.m. (Capital Athletic Conference opener)
• St. Mary's owns a 3-1 all-time record over Penn State Harrisburg, including a 6-0 win last season.

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