Men’s Soccer Powers Past Bowdoin in NESCAC Quarterfinal Win

This past week was likely the best seven-day stretch of the Amherst season, as the Mammoths closed the regular season with a 3-1 win over Trinity before edging past Bowdoin, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC tournament. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Amherst entered the match against the Bantams with the knowledge that a win would secure hosting rights for the first round of the conference tournament. The first half was scoreless, with both teams flying into tackles but neither able to put togeth

Men’s Soccer Defeats Wesleyan and Brandeis in Lead Up to Postseason Play

This past Friday, Oct. 19, the Amherst men’s soccer team traveled to Middletown, Connecticut for a matchup against the Wesleyan Cardinals and emerged with a comfortable 3-0 win. Coach Justin Serpone’s squad came into the match desperate for a conference win, with the NESCAC tournament fast approaching. Although Amherst boasts a perfect out-of-conference record, the Mammoths sat in fifth place in the league on 13 points, just one point behind both Middlebury and Bowdoin. Amherst played with

Men’s Soccer Shuts Out Colby and College of Staten Island Over the Weekend

The Amherst men’s soccer team put together an excellent weekend with two shutout wins against conference rival Colby and the College of Staten Island. Saturday’s match against Colby doubled as the team’s Senior Day and the Mammoths celebrated their six seniors before kickoff. The sixsome of Luke Nguyen, Fikayo Ajayi, Andres Pascual-Leone, Christopher Lewis, Sean Fitzgerald, and Will Cohen represented the Class of 2019 and are the last remnants of the 2015 team that won the program’s first nat

Men’s Soccer Rebounds from Tufts Loss with Victory Against Bates

The Amherst men’s soccer team fell to No. 3 Tufts, 2-1, on Saturday, Sept. 29, but rallied for a comeback 2-1 win over Bates the next day. With the weekend’s results, the Mammoths now stand at 4-3-0 on the season and 2-3-0 in NESCAC play. Saturday’s game against the Jumbos finished with both teams tied with 15 total shots. Tufts’ Mati Cano scored one goal in the first half, and the Jumbos managed to hold onto the lead heading into halftime Less than 15 minutes into the second half, the hosts

Men’s Soccer Falls to NESCAC Foe Middlebury on Set-Piece Mistake

On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Amherst men’s soccer team suffered a hard-fought 1-0 loss to Middlebury. The low score was the result of impressive defensive performances by both teams, with the Panthers just managing to sneak one goal into the Amherst net. “Credit goes to Middlebury for competing hard today,” Amherst head coach Justin Serpone said. “They were an NCAA team last year and were defending their home turf. There aren’t a lot of chances in NESCAC games so you can’t afford to make a mistak

Men’s Soccer Takes First Two Games in Convincing Fashion

Travelling to Boston for its first match of the year, Amherst men’s soccer faced off against Wentworth Institute of Technology in a nonconference matchup before its NESCAC opener against Bowdoin. Doing the lion’s share of their damage in the first half of the contests, the Mammoths jumped out to an early 5-0 lead by halftime against Wentworth. Six different players scored goals for Amherst, German Giammattei ’22 scoring two. The player of the game, however, would prove to be Dane Lind ’20 wh