Box Score New York, N.Y. – The Lehman College men's soccer team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision against hosts John Jay College, in a CUNYAC opener for both sides this season, at Randall's Island on Wednesday. The Lightning record stands at 2-5 and 0-1 CUNYAC, while the Bloodhounds improve to 2-4 ledger and 1-0 in conference play.
Lehman got on the board first in 33
rd minute with a tally from senior midfielder
Omar Moro. Then, the second half, John Jay scored three consecutive times in a span of 30 minutes to take a 3-1 lead.
The Lightning battled back with goals from Moro and sophomore midfielder
Eduardo Victorio in the 81
st and 85
th minutes, respectively, to tie the match at 3-3.
However, with two minutes remaining, freshman midfielder Andrew DeCanio notched the game-winner for the Bloodhounds hand the Lightnings' first regular season conference loss since 2015.
Lehman returns to South Field for another CUNYAC encounter, this Saturday (September 22), against visiting Medgar Evers at 1:30 pm.