Newburgh, N.Y. - The Mount Saint Mary Men's Soccer team closed out a three game home stand on Wednesday night with a 3-0 loss to #2 Amherst. Senior goalkeeper Austin Peluso (Farmington, Conn.) finished the game with six saves for the Knights.
 
The two teams played a scoreless first half until the final minute of the period when the Lord Jeffs struck with the eventual game winning tally. Cameron Hardington cleaned up a pass from Greg Singer with 34 seconds left before the intermission to send Amherst into the break with a 1-0 lead.
 
The visitors held a 13-4 advantage in shots prior to halftime on Wednesday and took six of the eight corner kicks in the opening 45 minutes. Peluso made a pair of stops in the period for Mount Saint Mary.
 
Coming out of halftime, the Lord Jeffs struck twice inside a 20 minute span to open up the final three goal advantage. Nico Pascual-Leone scored for the fourth time in 2015 just over 11 minutes into the second half and Aziz Khan netted Amherst's third goal when he finished off a pass from Cameron Bean 74:56 into the contest.
 
Mount Saint Mary finished the second half with four more shots, but was outshot in the game 22-8 overall and 9-3 in shots on goal. Connor Lynch (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Matthew Minniter (Mahopc, N.Y.) led the Knights with a pair of attempts each.
 
 Amherst held a convincing edge in corner kicks at 14-2 for the game, including 8-0 in the second half.
 
Peluso matched his season-high with six saves in the game, which also came in the season opener against New Paltz. Amherst keeper Thomas Bull made three stops on the night, earning his sixth shutout of the season.
 
Wednesday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 4-8-1 overall on the season. Next up for the Knights is a Skyline Conference road contest on Saturday at St. Joseph's-L.I. Kick-off with the Golden Eagles is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

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