First Back-To-Back Wins Over McDaniel In 13 Years

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Brian Wilkinson scored what would be the game winning goal on a free kick with 23 seconds to go to lift visiting Washington College to a come from behind 2-1 win over McDaniel in a Centennial Conference men's soccer game this afternoon played at the Green Terror Soccer Complex. The Shoremen improve to 4-5-1 overall and 2-1-1 in CC play with the win, while the Green Terror fall to 2-4-2 and 0-2-1 in the CC with the loss.

Washington College 2, McDaniel 1

How It Happened
- Griffin Bull put the first shot on goal for the Shoremen 6:54 into the game, but it was saved by McDaniel keeper Nick Over.
- McDaniel grabbed the 1-0 lead at the 15:44 mark when Pat Palin scored on the only McDaniel shot on goal of the half.
- Dimitri Kaliakin came close to tying the game with 5:52 to go in the half, but his shot hit the crossbar.
- Washington held a 9-3 advantage in shots in the first half, putting five of them on goal.
-The Shoremen tied the game 1-1 with 21:40 to play when Michael Holowesko knocked home his first goal of the season off of a corner kick assist from Kaliakin.
-McDaniel had a chance to take the lead back with 1:14 to go, but a shot from Nick Cavasina was saved by a diving Josh Samuels on the left post.
-Wilkinson then won the game for the Shoremen with 23 seconds to play, scoring a free kick goal from just on the edge of the box to lift the Shoremen to the 2-1 win.

For the Shoremen (4-5-1, 2-1-1 CC)
- Scorers: Holowesko (1 goal), Wilkinson (1 goal), Kaliakin (1 assist)
- Goalkeeper: Samuels (1 save, 1 goal allowed, 90:00).
- The Shoremen fired off 23 shots in the win and also drew 11 corner kicks.

For McDaniel (2-4-2, 0-2-1 CC)
- Scorers: Palin (1 goal).
- Goalkeeper: Over (10 saves, 2 goals allowed, 90:00).
- The Green Terror took four shots in the loss and drew three corner kicks. McDaniel also registered a team save in addition to the 10 saves from Over.

Notes
- With the win, Washington has now won back-to-back games over McDaniel for the first time since the 2002 and 2003 seasons. The Shoremen also posted a 2-1 win over McDaniel last season at home.
- The Shoremen are unbeaten in their last five contests against the Green Terror dating back to 2011, as the team also beat McDaniel 2-0 in 2012, then tied 1-1 in 2013 and 2-2 in 2014.
- Wilkinson has scored a goal in three consecutive games against the Green Terror.
-All six of Holowesko's goals last season came off of assists from Kaliakin.
-Kaliakin's assist was the 22nd assist of his career, tying him with Andrew King '96 and T.J. Velykis '02 for third on the Shoremen all time record list. 

Up Next for the Shoremen
10/8 v. Muhlenberg - 7:00 p.m.
- The Shoremen defeated the Mules 2-1 last season, the team's first win over Muhlenberg since 2008 and only their second all time in 29 total meetings.