Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Susquehanna's bid for making its first Landmark Conference Men's Soccer Championship game appearance since the 2008 season fell short on Tuesday. The Crusaders fell 3-1 at No. 1 seed Catholic on Tuesday afternoon in the first semifinal game of the tournament.

SU (8-9-1) was making its second-straight Landmark Conference Tournament appearance and fourth in the last five years. Last year No.4 Catholic upset the No. 1 seeded Crusaders in the semifinal round of the tournament.

The teams went shot-for-shot, with each side taking 14. The difference came in shots on goal, as the Cardinals (14-3-1) had seven to SU's five. Susquehanna did hold a decisive edge in corner kicks, 7-1, but that failed to impact the ultimate outcome of the match.

Goalie Pat Horan (Sutton, Mass./Worcester Academy) got the start and played all 90 minutes. He finished with four saves, two in each half.

Andrew Hayes (Hoboken, N.J./St. Peter's Prep) accounted for SU's lone goal and teammate Andrew Murphy (Natick, Mass./Natick) took a game-high four shots on the afternoon.

It remained a scoreless match until 18 minutes remained in the first half when Catholic's Mike Brennan fired a long shot over the head of Horan to make it 1-0. That score stood until there were 39 minutes left to play in the game. That was when Brennan struck again to make it a 2-0 Cardinals' lead.

A successful penalty kick 18 minutes later by Kevin Romano upped his squad's lead to three and decreased the chances of SU mounting a comeback.

Hayes broke up the shutout with just over 10 minutes to go but it was too late to chip any farther into the Cardinals' lead.

The Cardinals will take on the winner of Wednesday's semifinal game between No. 2 Drew and No. 3 USMMA which is being played Wednesday at 7:45 at Drew.