Box Score

WILKES BARRE, Pa. – Two second-half goals by the Susquehanna men's soccer team helped the Crusaders withstand a last-second King's goal to grab a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night in Wilkes Barre. Susquehanna (6-3-0) has now won three of its last four games.

Brian Nobbs (Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville) and Adam Matteo (Exton, Pa./West Chester Henderson) scored back-to-back goals in the second half. Matteo's goal proved to be the game winner and also marked his first score of the fall. For Nobbs, it was his second goal of the 2010 campaign.

The Crusaders out-shot Kings (6-4-0) by a 12-9 margin although the Lions held a 4-2 edge in corner kicks.

SU goalie B.J. Merriam (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) finished the night with three saves to pick up his sixth win of the season.

Susquehanna had chances to get on the board in the first half, taking six shots to King's one, but none found the back of the net. Only two of those shots forced Lions' goalie Andrew O'Shura into action, however, and without a single shot by either team in the final nine minutes of the half, it remained knotted at zero at the midway point of the match.

Finally, 10 minutes into the second period, Nobbs broke the tie when he took a pass from Andrew Brill (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) and knocked inside the left post for the 1-0 SU advantage.

Twenty minutes later, Matteo made it a 2-0 game with a nearly identical play, this time when Matteo took a pass from Andrew Murphy (Natick, Mass./Natick) and put it past the inside right post for the 2-0 cushion.

That goal proved to be important when, with 35 seconds left in the game, Kings' Alex Martino connected on a penalty kick to make it a 2-1 ballgame. Fortunately time expired before any further goals could be scored as Susquehanna held on for the 2-1 win.

Next match: Saturday, Oct. 2 at 3:30 p.m. at home vs. Scranton at 3:30 p.m.