Men’s Soccer Knocks Off Chatham (Pa.) in Home Opener

Owen Reyes (Photo Courtesy of Brittany Webb '23)
Owen Reyes (Photo Courtesy of Brittany Webb '23)

BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's soccer picked up a nonconference victory over Chatham (Pa.) University in their home opener on the Tressel Field inside George Finnie Stadium.

BW Leaders (2-0)

  • Freshman midfielder Owen Reyes (North Olmsted) picked up his first career goal.
  • Senior midfielder Nick Surowicz (Medina/Highland) picked up his second goal of the season.
  • Freshman midfielder Abdullah Mohammad (Parma/Bard Early College) picked up his career assist.
  • Freshman midfielder Michael Giganti (Uniontown/Lake) picked up his first career goal
  • Sophomore midfielder ElHadj Bah (Hillard/Westerville
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Zoltan Nagy (Lakewood/St. Edward) led with three saves

Chatham Leaders (0-1-1)

  • Sophomore goalkeeper Trevor Rose led with eight saves.

First Half (BW 2-0)

  • Reyes opened up the scoring in the 42' with a goal off a throw in by Mohammad.
  • Surowicz was able to beat the keeper off his own rebound with just 30 seconds remaining in the half to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead.
  • The BW defense locked down the Cougars offense as they were half to no shots in the half.
  • The Yellow Jackets led the half with two corner kicks.

Second Half (BW 3-0)

  • Giganti scored the lone goal of the half in the 89' off a feed from Bah.
  • BW led the half with 12 shots and held Chatham to four shots.
  • Nagy picked up three saves in the half.
  • The Yellow Jackets led the half with five corner kicks.

BW returns to action on Thursday, September 8 as it hosts a nonconference game against Geneva (Pa.) College at 7:00 p.m. on the Tressel Field inside George Finnie Stadium.