SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Junior forward Kamal Ibrahim scored two goals for Skidmore College as the Beacons fell on the road against the Thoroughbreds at Wachenheim Field on Monday afternoon, 3-1, for their first loss of the 2022 season.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 1, Skidmore College 3

UMass Boston (1-1-1)

Skidmore College (1-0-1)

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Thoroughbreds got on the scoreboard in the 12^th minute on just their second shot of the game. Senior forward Finn Weber tapped the ball across three Beacon defenders in the box to Ibrahim on the right side. The sliding Ibrahim got a foot on the ball, redirecting it into the goal past junior goalkeeper Qasim El-Ashkar (Salem, Mass.) to give Skidmore College an early 1-0 lead.

After a stagnant start for the Beacon offense, freshman midfielder Ryan Lima (Lynn, Mass.) started the aggressive offensive zone push with a shot inside the box that went high and wide of the goal. Sophomore midfielder Annilson DePina Fernandes (Dorchester, Mass.) followed Lima's shot up with another quality chance in the box which was blocked by the Thoroughbred defense.

UMass Boston nearly turned the momentum into a game-tying goal in the 21^st minute when Lima hit junior forward Josh DeAlmeida (Revere, Mass.) in front of the net whose quick touch put the ball in the back of the goal mouth. The score was called back as DeAlmeida was ruled to be offsides by the far side linesman.

A short time later, Skidmore College added to their lead in the 25^th minute when a cross pass from senior midfielder Ethan Kilmnick found the head of Ibrahim who elevated over El-Ashkar and the Beacon defense to net his second goal of the game, making it 2-0. The Thoroughbreds would add a third goal in the 44^th minute after a corner kick from sophomore midfielder Ethan Slager bounced off sophomore defender Max Heberlein's head, a Beacon defender, and the goal post to extend the Skidmore College advantage to three at halftime.

Sophomore defender Diego Gisholt (Newton, Mass.) would get the Beacons on the scoreboard in the second half after UMass Boston was awarded a penalty kick in the 70^th minute following a foul in the box. The goal was Gisholt's first of the season and second of his career. The Newton native was responsible for all three of the Beacons second half chances, nearly tacking on another goal in the 86^th minute of the 3-1 defeat.

 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Playing all 90 minutes, Diego Gisholt recorded five shots, all of were on goal, to surpass his career-high in shots (3) and shots on goal (2) in the match. Gisholt was responsible for all but one of the UMass Boston shots on goal.
• Freshman goalkeeper Victor Reyes (East Boston, Mass.) made his collegiate debut in net, playing all 45 minutes of the second half and recording two saves on two attempts.
• The Beacons were outshot 20-8 and 9-6 in shots on goal
• Skidmore College committed 21 fouls and earned three yellow cards to UMass Boston's 11 fouls and one yellow card
• This was the first matchup between UMass Boston and Skidmore College Men's Soccer in program history

WHO'S NEXT
After a five-day break, the Beacons will continue their seven-game road trip to begin the 2022 season with a Saturday afternoon matchup against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at 5:00 PM. This will be the first time since August 30^th, 2019, that the two programs have faced each other and 21^st meeting overall.