BETHLEHEM, Pa - The Northampton Men's Soccer team suffered an 8-1 setback to Region 19 opponent Brookdale Community College on a rainy and dreary Thursday afternoon at Spartan Field.

The Spartans got on the board in the first half when Freshman Midfielder Trevor Bartholdi (Chichester, PA/Chichester) scored off a pass from Amir Rustom (Rihania, Israel/Branko Weiss Anna Frank) at the 17 minute mark for an early 1-0 advantage.The Jersey Blues answered with a pair of quick scores in the 36th and 38th minute to grab the 2-1 halftime lead.

Brookdale added a quick score to start the second half to extend their lead to 3-1 and never looked back, holding the Spartans scoreless the remainder of the contest,and adding five more goals for the 8-1 victory.

"We started strong and were able to grab an early lead," explained Spartans Head Coach Mario Barrantes, "however we just couldn't answer once we fell behind. The two scores at the end of the half and the quick goal to start the second half were big blows. We need to regroup and get ready for Morris on Saturday."

The Spartans fall to 0-7-1 overall and 0-7-1 in Region 19.

The Jersey Blues improve to 4-4 overall and 4-4 in the Region.

Northampton is back in action this Saturday, September 27th when they travel to Randolph, NJ to take on the County College of Morris at 12pm.