YORK - York College scored just over a minute into the match on Saturday afternoon as the Panthers ran away with a 5-2 win in the KCAC Quarterfinal at the Cornerstone Sports Complex.
York stunned the visiting Bulldogs as Jorge Alencar (SO/Recife, Brazil) passed his shot into the back of the net just one minute and 18 seconds into the game. Gabriel Cabral (SO/Campinas, Brazil) punted a kick toward the right side looking for Albert Bajrami (SO/Ravenna, Italy). Bajrami headed the ball down the line to a running Arturo Gutierrez III (SO/Hacienda Heights, Calif) who crossed the ball in from the right corner.
The Panthers continued their high pressure scoring again in the 20th minute of play. This time around is was Alexandre Motta (SO/Sao Paulo, Brazil) who crossed the ball in from the left corner all the way to the back post to a waiting Gutierrez III who kicked it into the near post.
York didn't allow the Bulldogs to get a shot off of any kind until the 33rd minute and their second one came just over a minute was left in the first half. York, on the other hand, had nine shots in the half.
In the second half It was Alencar and Gutierrez III that got the scoring started again in the 59th minute as a hard shot by Gutierrez was deflected by the Bulldogs' goalkeeper right toward Alencar. He did the rest as he one-timed his shot into the net.
Arturo Gutierrez III scored again in the 79th minute as he chipped his shot from the end line just over the outstretched arms of Thomas Kleywegt. Ten minutes later it was Eduardo Wilges (SO/Porto Alegre, Brazil), reigning KCAC offensive player of the week, score the Panthers final goal as he had just been subbed into the game just two minutes before.
With the Panthers up 5-0 with less than two minutes to play the Bulldogs got two goals in to make the game 5-2. In the 89th minute, Marcus Fernandes scored and then a minute later Guido Battisini scored.
York improves to 13-6 on the season and will face Oklahoma Wesleyan on Wednesday, November 13, in Wichita, Kansas. The game is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff.
