Men’s soccer crushes Anna Maria College
Lopez-Pineda, Bingham, Hong, and Albarran lead Engineers’ to 7-0 win
Tristan C. Honscheid
MIT’s men soccer team kicked off their 2014 campaign with a 7-0 non-conference victory over Anna Maria College on Tuesday evening at Roberts Field at Steinbrenner Stadium.
Bokil T. Lopez-Pineda ‘15 and Colin P. Hong ‘15 and Sean D. Bingham ‘16 each netted two goals, while Nikolas A. Albarran ‘18 registered his first goal in an Engineers uniform. Goalkeeper Jake L. Amereno ‘16 picked up his first win of the season and finished with one stop. Tech outshot the AMCATs, 18-2, and attempted 10 corners, seven in the second half.
Bingham provided the hosts with the lead after he fired home a pass from Kareem R. Itani ‘17 on an early rush down the field at 8:55. Lopez-Pineda added to Tech’s lead with back-to-back strikes at 12:00 and 24:12 before Bingham netted his final goal by dribbling past Anna Maria’s defense late in the session to provide MIT with a 4-0 lead at the break.
MIT added to its advantage in the second half with two goals from Hong – first and second strikes of his career, both coming off crosses. Albarran registered his first goal by winding an attempt from the nearside that curved past Anna Maria junior goalkeeper Elliot Kuzma at 66:40 in the second stanza.
Tuesday’s contest was the first-ever meeting between Anna Maria and MIT.
Tech returns to action on Saturday, September 6 when they host Eastern Connecticut State University at 4 p.m., while Anna Maria travels to Becker College for a 2:30 p.m. start.