HAVERFORD, Pa. – Alejandro Rettig y Martinez scored twice and Nikko Giannasca netted the game-winning goal as the Haverford College men's soccer team defeated visiting Dickinson College, 3-2, in a Centennial Conference match Sunday afternoon at Walton Field.
With the game knotted at two Giannasca received a crossing pass from Tyler Freeman and, from 16 yards away, buried his shot into the right side of the net at the 73:09 mark. The goal is Giannasca's first of his career.
The Haverford (4-6-1, 1-4-0 CC) defense did its job down the stretch, allowing just one Dickinson (6-4-3, 4-1-0 CC) shot, which sailed wide of the net.
Haverford keeper Nick Kahn made six saves, five of them coming in the first half, to earn the win. The Red Devils' Cody Hickok stopped two shots. Both teams attempted 13 shots.
Dickinson's Javier Mena opened the scoring with the first of his two goals in the ninth minute. Derek Kachadurian earned the assist with a back-heel pass that Mena put into the lower right corner of the goal. Rettig y Martinez answered back two minutes later with a header on a lofted pass into the six-yard box by Dan Garfing.
Rettig y Martinez recorded his second goal of the day at the 59:06 mark. Matt Gorski sprung Rettig y Martinez down the right sideline. Rettig y Martinez broke into the penalty area and scored into the center of the net. Mena responded for Dickinson in the 63rd minute after heading home a centering pass from Nate Latshaw.
Haverford leaves conference play to take on visiting Penn State-Abington Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m.