PARAMUS. NJ - The Northampton men's soccer team suffered a, 4-0, setback against #6 ranked Bergen Community College in Region 19 action on Saturday afternoon at the Bulldogs Soccer Complex.
The Spartans fell behind early when the Bulldogs scored a pair of first half goals, tallying their first goal of the game at the 13:22 mark and following with another score at 26:49 to carry a, 2-0, lead into the intermission. The Bulldogs put the game away with two additional second half scores to secure the, 4-0, shutout win over Northampton.
"Tough one today," explained Spartans Head Coach
Mario Barrantes following the loss, " We knew we had a test today and we just didn't answer the challenge. Give Bergen credit. They have a very good team and they controlled the tempo today. We hung in there but we just could not get things going today on offense. We just need to put this one behind us and get ready to get back on the field and move on."
Goalkeeper
Martin Severo (Allentown, PA/William Allen) faced 17 shots and made 13 saves in the tough luck loss for Northampton.
Northampton falls to 2-6-2 overall and 2-6-2 in Region 19.
Bergen improves to 8-0-2 overall and 8-0-3 in the Region.
The Spartans are back in action on Tuesday, October 6th when they travel to Blue Bell, Pennsylvania to take on Montogmery County Community College in Region 19 action at 4pm at the Mustangs Soccer Facility.
