 "Photo: Mens Soccer vs. Georgia State by Alan Dovell/The Towerlight")
Playing his second and the last home game of his collegiate career, Towson senior goalkeeper Frank Fregoso got his first ever win, a 2-1 victory over Georgia State on Sunday afternoon.
“All credit to Frank [Fregoso],” Towson head coach Frank Olszewski said. “For him to get a win in the last game of his career on Towson’s field has just got be a highlight for him, and it’s a highlight for me.”
Senior day at the Towson Center Soccer Complex could not have been more complete. Along with Fregoso recording his first win, fellow senior Tommy Appel-Schumacher scored his third goal of the season off of a breakaway pass from forward Liam Maloney just 30 seconds into the game.
In the 31st minute, Panthers forward Stefan Minyono tied the game at one when he scored off of a crossing pass that he one timed past Fregoso.
In the second half, the Tigers had a tough time trying to solve Georgia State goalkeeper Vincent Foermer. The Tigers could not take advantage of countless breakaways that were halted due to the great play of Foermer.
The Tigers had 11 shots in the second half alone, and only one of those reached the back of the net.
With 48 seconds left on the clock, Maloney was able to score off his sixth shot of the half. Defender Roslin Nzokou fed Maloney a crossing pass allowing Maloney to bury the ball past the outstretched body of Foermer.
“If you look at the chances we had we could have won 6-1, but we finally got the win in the end,” Maloney said. “It’s always nice to score to get the winning goal especially on senior day.”
Although the results were positive for Towson in the end, the route to victory was not.
On a wet and slippery field, the Tigers were fortunate to get on the board early in the game.
There were 20 fouls called between the two teams, along with two yellow cards issued to Georgia State, though the referees for the most part let the teams play on through the most physical of contact.
Although the referees buried their whistles for most of the game, they were consistent for both sides on the calls they made, Olszewski said.
“They were trying to win balls and some of our creative guys were taking the brunt of it,” Olszewski said. “The physical end of it for me, if I were a player, is that you just got to get on with it. You can’t dwell on the fact that you are going to get hit here and hit there, because we had people
sliding too.”
Towson ends its season next Saturday when they travel to James Madison.
“One more win and we have more wins in this league than we had last year,” Olszewski said. “Can we put it together again on an away field, get one more and finish on a high note? Nothing more simple than that.”
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