MILTON, Mass. – The Johnson State College men's soccer team fell to Curry College 5-0 on Sunday afternoon.

SCORING

1^st Half: - Diego Vargas started the scoring for Curry (3-1-1) in the 10^th minute, beating Johnson (3-1) goaltender Gerrit Lane (Moretown, Vt.) to take the 1-0 lead. The Colonels doubled their lead in the 18^th minute when Giancarlo Orsini scored off a feed from Dave Stapleton. Curry added a third in the final minutes of the half with a goal by Chris Ricca.  

2^nd Half: The Colonels extended their lead to four in the 50^th minute when Ben Silvia scored an unassisted goal. Ricca Notched his second goal in the 53^rd minute to bring the final to 5-0.

Sobral drilled a go-ahead-goal in the back of the net when Wheelock was awarded a free kick in the 79^th minute. Johnson continued to apply press in the offensive zone, which led to Croteau scoring the tying goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

STATS LEADERS

Goals: Ricca (Curry) – 2

Assists: Rinaldi, Silvia, Stapleton (Curry) – 1

Shots on Goal: Ricca (Curry) – 3

STATS BREAKDOWN

Shots (On Goal): Johnson – 1 (1), Curry – 28 (14)

Corner Kicks: Johnson – 2, Curry – 7

Fouls: Johnson – 7, Curry – 8

GOALKEEPERS

Lane (3-1) was given the loss for Johnson, making eight saves on 13 shots. He was relieved by Marcus Holmes (Johnson, Vt.) for the final 15 minutes. Paul DeMaio (1-1) was given the win, stopping the one shot he faced.

NEXT UP

Johnson will host Worcester State on Wednesday, September 13^th at 2:00 p.m.