Box Score ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College men's soccer team lost to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3-0, in a Liberty League game on Saturday afternoon.
RPI (8-4, 4-1 Liberty League) dominated throughout, outshooting Bard 26-3 and building a 16-0 edge in corner kicks.
Junior Tyler Kessler (Delmar, NY) opened the scoring in the 25
th minute, when he struck a low shot from 25 yards that eluded Bard keeper
Daniel Gagne at the far post. Esmir Hadzic (Burlington, VT) made it 2-0 about five minutes later when he headed in a corner kick from Joey Eilert (Wayne, NJ) at the near post. Gagne got a hand on it but it ended up in the roof of the goal.
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Shots in the first half were 17-1 in favor of RPI.
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Junior Matt Koziol (Poughkeepsie, NY) had the only goal of the second half with a beautiful direct kick from 22 yards that got over the Bard wall and in the upper corner inside the near post.
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Rob Dewald (Arlington, VA) played 80 minutes and didn't face a shot on goal; Dylan Hasson (Cheshire, CT) played the final 10 minutes and made one save.
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Gagne made 11 saves for Bard (2-12, 0-5 Liberty League.)
The Raptors hit the road for a non-league contest at College of Staten Island on Monday at 4.