IMMACULATA, Pa.- After cruising to a 4-0 victory over Valley Forge in midweek action, the Immaculata men's soccer team continued its homestand on Saturday afternoon against non-league foe in Goucher. Immaculata battled throughout the game but it was an early second half goal by Goucher which made the difference as the Gophers escaped with a 1-0 victory over the Mighty Macs.

In the first half, Immaculata and Goucher each threatened to open the scoring taking 10 and eight shots, respectively but the defenses proved to be up to task as Immaculata goalkeeper Garrett Pepper and his Goucher counterpart, Jeff Castro, each made a pair of saves to keep the game scoreless heading into the halftime break.

In the second half, Goucher scored the first goal of the contest in the 57^th minute when Gus Dalzell found Ali Kazim Nakid on a cross into the box to give the Gophers the early 1-0 lead. Trailing 1-0 late in the second half, Immaculata nearly scored the equalizer off the foot of freshman Matt Kirkpatrick but the shot missed just high over the crossbar to keep the Macs off the scoreboard.

Following this near miss, Goucher stiffened defensively and was able to hold the Macs scoreless for the remainder of the contest to escape with the 1-0 victory on Saturday afternoon.

Immaculata goalkeeper Garrett Pepper worked hard in goal making seven saves in the losing effort while his counterpart Castro ended the day with four saves of his own in the victory.

Goucher ended the contest with a slim 15-14 edge in shots and a narrow 6-3 advantage in corner kicks en route to the victory.

Immaculata will be back in action on Tuesday evening vs Rutgers-Camden with that contest slated to begin at 7 p.m.