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Porter Penalty Kick Gives Men's Soccer 1-0 Win Over Loyola
October 15, 2014 | Men's Soccer
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PRINCETON, N.J. (10/14/14) - Senior Cameron Porter scored his fourth penalty kick of the season to lift Princeton to a 1-0 win over Loyola on Tuesday, Oct. 14 in the final game of the men's soccer five-game homestand.
During the homestand, Princeton went 4-1 and has won its last three games. The Tigers ended a three-game losing skid in the Loyola series with today's win as it evens at 5-5-4.
The Tigers dominated possession throughout the game and had a 19-3 shot differential.
"We thought we played pretty well all game," said Princeton assistant coach Steve Totten. "We were creating some chances but thought we could be a little more dangerous. We were waiting for the goal to come, and it took awhile, but the guys should a lot of resilience and finally managed to get one."A wild moment in the 30th minute when keeper Matt Sanchez came off his line and a header hit the post. Porter got the rebound and fired it on target and thought it had crossed the line before the linesman signaled play on. After 45 minutes shots stood 11-0 in favor of the Tigers.
Porter had another chance to get on the board in the 70th minute when he broke free with a through ball but Sanchez stopped the shot and grabbed the rebound as well.
It was an obvious hand ball in the box on a Princeton corner kick that gave the Tigers the penalty kick opportunity and it was the senior Porter who stepped up to take it. He is now 4-for-4 on penalty kicks this season and has nine total goals as the Ivy League's leading scorer.
Porter now has 62 career points and is just one point away from reaching 10th on Princeton's all-time scoring list. He is also one goal away from reaching 26 which would tie him for 10th along with Darren Spicer '06 and Antoine Hoppenot '12 in goals scored in a career.
Loyola got its only shot on goal in the 61st minute with keeper Ben Hummel making the save.
Sanchez finished the game with five saves and the team was credited with a team save.
Princeton had a 7-2 edge in corner kicks and was called offsides twice to Loyola's six.
Princeton resumes Ivy League play on Saturday, Oct. 18, traveling to Columbia for a 4 p.m., game.
"We've now won three games in a row," Totten said. "Columbia and us are both 1-1 after having lost the first game, so this is a big game for momentum for both teams. We expect it to be a really intense game, and really important game for both teams."