Men's Soccer runs unbeaten streak to four with 3-0 victory over Mount St. Mary's

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10/3/04 -- Junior Mustapha Ayoub (Toronto, Ontario), sophomore Szymon Hryszczyk (Warsaw, Poland) and graduate student Ricardo Ordain (Brooklyn, N.Y.) all scored for Long Island in a 3-0 Northeast Conference victory over Mount St. Mary’s at LIU Field.

Ayoub gave the Blackbirds (3-3-2, 2-0 NEC) the only goal they would need in the 32nd minute. Senior David Ledet (Houma, La.) launched a free kick from the right side for Ayoub, who headed it past goalkeeper Gladimir Elysee for his second goal of the year.

What followed was a brilliant display in net by LIU keeper Ryszard Gorski (Aberdeenshire, Scotland), who turned away the last three shots in a four-shot flurry by Kurt Borel spanning three minutes. Gorski lunged to knock the first two shots over the net and was on the ground while making the third save between his legs.

LIU gave Gorski some insurance as Hryszczyk scored in the 41st minute for a 2-0 lead. Ordain blasted a shot that was knocked away by Elysee, but the rebound came to Hryszczyk and he scored his second goal of the season from 10 yards.

Ordain closed the scoring in the 87th minute. Freshman Ryan Vanderkin (Plymouth, Wisc.) fed a pass from the left side to sophomore Omer Rozen (Hashofet, Israel), who avoided Elysee and found Ordain by himself at the goal line for a tap-in.

Gorski made nine saves for the Blackbirds, who move to 3-0-1 over their last four outings with three shutouts. Vanderkin, Ordain and Jonas Stigh (Trollhattan, Sweden) each took three shots to help LIU gain a 16-11 advantage.

Borel fired six shots and Elysee had two saves for the Mountaineers (1-6-2, 1-1).

LIU visits Sacred Heart on Friday, beginning at 3:30 pm.