Men's Soccer | 9/12/2015 7:43:00 PM

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ERIE—Brett Milden (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional) scored the gamewinning goal to lead the No. 18-ranked Bloomsburg University men's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Mercyhurst University on Saturday afternoon in Erie. It was the Huskies first-ever win over the Lakers in 13 career meetings.
 
Mercyhurst took the lead in the game in the 40^th minutes of action when RichardVanhorne's shot bounced off Bloomsburg goalie Jared Ott (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) with Michael Dirienzo hitting the follow-up to the right side of the net.
 
In the second half the Huskies tied the game when Brian Kilcoyne (Bensalem/Bensalem)'s free kick was lofted over the defense with Josh Smith (Mechanicsburg/Mechanicsburg) coming in with a lob shot over the keeper's head in the 57^th minute.
 
The Huskies took the lead for good in the 70^th minute. Bloomsburg broke up a corner kick, then transitioned the ball to offense with Kilcoyne pushing one through to a cutting Milden who beat the keeper to the left.
 
From there, the Huskies defense kept the Lakers off the board. Mercyhurst had one final push in the last 20 seconds, but Ott was able to make a save with 12 seconds to play to preserve the win.
 
Bloomsburg goes to 4-1, 2-1 in the PSAC, while Mercyhurst falls to 1-3, 1-1 in the PSAC. Bloomsburg hosts Lock Haven on Tuesday at 5 p.m.