November 6, 2002
Bloomsburg Falls to East Stroudsburg in the PSAC Semifinal
East Stroudsburg, Pa. - Tom Mustac scored three goals to lead East Stroudsburg to a 4-1 victory over Bloomsburg in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men's soccer semifinal.
The seventh-ranked Warriors (15-1-2) will move onto to the host the Conference championship game on Sunday against Millersville University. Bloomsburg wraps up their solid season 12-3-5.
ESU was the first to get on the board when Roy Thompson booted in a deflected cross at 20:01. The Huskies Travis Martzall cycle kicked in a pass from Mickey Bumbarger just eight minutes later to tie the contest, 1-1.
Mustac was all the offense ESU needed from there. He netted his first goal just before the half. The senior's shot bounced off the right post and the Bloomsburg defender knocked it into the goal to give ESU the 2-1 lead at 41:45.
Mustac, the team's second leading scorer on the season, connected on a pass off the foot of Roy Thompson only 46 seconds into the second half for a 3-1 margin. His final tally came on a pass from the left sideline compliments of Roy Thompson to bring the final to 4-1.
Bloomsburg's goalie Dustin Henry had an outstanding effort in the game with 11 saves out of the 19 shots from the Warriors. ESU net minder Bill Sterner saved nine Husky attempts and allowed only his second goal in his last 607 minutes in goal.
Bloomsburg (12-3-5) | 1-0 | 1 |
East Stroudsburg (15-1-2) | 2-2 | 4 |
Scoring
Team | Goal (Assist) | Time |
ESU | Roy Thompson | 20:01 |
BU | Travis Martzall (Mickey Bumbarger | 28:11 |
ESU | Tom Mustac | 41:45 |
ESU | Mustac (Roy Thompson) | 45:46 |
ESU | Mustac (Damian Thompson) | 82:08 |
Goalies
Team | Goalie | Min. | Saves | Goals Against |
BU | Dustin Henry | 90 | 11 | 4 |
ESU | Bill Sterner | 90 | 9 | 1 |
Shots: BU 11, ESU 19
Corners: BU 7, ESU 7
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