Men’s Soccer Season Kicks Off on the Right Foot

This past weekend junior goalkeeper Milos Kocic posted back-to-back shutouts, while junior forward Jamie Darvill collected 3 goals and the MVP award at the conclusion of the Black and Decker Classic. Loyola prevailed in both their matches playing as host on DGA Field, a pair of 2-0 decisions over Fordham and Hartwick College, to give the team a 2-0 record after the first weekend of play.

Their stellar performance lead to a rise in the national rankings, ascending to 26^th in the just released polls, and individual hardware for both Kocic and Darvill as the MAAC recognized them as Defensive and Offensive Conference Players of the Weeks respectively.

It seems they have picked up right where they left off from last fall; the stingy Greyhound back line has now registered 16 shutouts in their last 17 outings and “The Dogs” have now won their last 12 games played in front of their home fans. If these results are a harbinger for the rest of the season the Greyhounds could make climbing up in the national polls a regular occurrence on the Evergreen Campus.

The men’s next game will be this coming weekend as they will take the team bus a few miles north on Charles Street to take on the Towson Tigers in a Sunday afternoon altercation scheduled for 2:30PM.