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AU ASTRONOMY CLUB
CHERYL’S CLOSET
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MOVIE REVIEW
Desiree Des is an Alfred Alum- ni and still has many connections to people teaching here, as shown by her emotional reconnection with many of the teachers who visited her before the show. She views her name, Hsini Desiree Leary, as something not overly important.
Therefore, she took her middle name and made it her nickname, hence Desiree Des.
The beginning of her art career started like many others here, with coming to Alfred. “Alfred was a great place to be learning about how to make art, explore new sights, contexts, materials,” she explained in her talk. During her time as a student, she was very focused on consumerism and the way that changed the context of an object shown. Des finished her un- dergraduate focusing on printmak- ing and found-object sculptures.
She was concerned with the way form and language came togeth- er to create a new meaning in a piece. The packaging of objects changes how that piece is viewed and that fascinated Des.
Once graduating Alfred, she volunteered at Printed Matter in
New York City. Still, it wasn’t until the group was able to get a grant that she became a paid employee.
At the time, she had just started their website and she scanned book covers onto their website for between six months and a year.
The company focused on artist books rather than books about art.
Unfortunately, she was unsure how to create work in the city. She felt stuck; overwhelmed with the city and unsure of where to make work, who her audience was, or what to do with the work.
In her art slump, she decided to become an “adult,” or at least her approximation of an adult. She started working in book archives.
At the time, the computer age was just becoming main stream, so Des managed the new digital archives.
After working in the field for a time, she decided to strengthen her re- sume by going back to school and getting a masters in Library and Information Sciences. Sadly, she couldn’t get a job after her mas- ters. She was unemployed and not sure what to do. She realized she just wasn’t connected to the right people.
Her cousin came to the rescue, asking her to paint a nursery as a
favor. The piece got Des working again. This opened her back up to making things and she began painting more. At the time, she didn’t want to go out with friends;
all she wanted to do was go home and paint. Des understood that her practice was a part of life and she needed to balance it with her private life. From there she used tumblr to step back from her own work. It was a way for her to check her own progress and get her work out in the world without putting herself out there.
She called her work “bantings,”
as the b was an upside-down p. She also used her tumblr to work on her photography. The website was a great way to sneak work into the office, just have a few tabs open. Seeing what she could work on during the day got Des motivated to go home and create more art.
She began working as a Media Arts Collection Manager at Arts Intermix. This company made sure artists were actually paid for their work, rather than just volunteering work to mu- seums. This job allowed her to connect with a lot of artists and
Poverty Simulation: A Land with No Riches
from their jobs because all the sit- uations that were being thrown at them caused lateness to their jobs while other members were getting put into the community jail.
Dr. Melissa Ryan, professor of English in the College of Lib- eral Arts and Sciences and also a prominent figure of the Social Justice Studies, commented on her experience in participating in the simulation.
“I thought the poverty simulation offered an interesting approach to raising awareness. While a tempo- rary role-playing exercise obviously can’t reproduce the real experience of struggling with poverty, it helps make more visible all the balls that must be kept in the air.”
She gave the example of how she participated as a simulated daycare owner and how she was made aware that none of the mothers could get a job until they received proper child care. Ryan commented that as the daycare owner, she was to take 25 per- cent of each mother’s low wage income. But that wasn’t the only obstacle faced. The mother then must show that she had a mode of Care Coordinated Services, Inc.
partnered up with Finger Lakes Performing Provider System in the Joyce and Walton Center for Health and Wellness on the Alfred University Campus on Tuesday, Sept. 19 to provide an event not only for awareness regarding pro- fessionals in human services, but also for college students, profes- sors and anyone in the community.
In this event, called “Poverty Simulation,” people were assigned different roles in a pretend com- munity for four weeks, each day lasting roughly seven minutes.
Families living in poverty were as- signed to live out their days going to work, caring for their children, paying rent and trying to stay safe within their town. Families had to work their jobs while being treated unfairly by their bosses and other superiors.
There was also a simulated drug dealer in the community to make citizens’ lives more difficult as well as make believe gun vio- lence from cops and a lot of crime.
Many family members got fired
transportation in order to sign her child up for daycare. The parents were also charged huge amounts of money for every minute they were late to pick up their child as well as the mothers being rep- rimanded for not dressing their children appropriately for the weather.
The poverty simulation defi- nitely showed the maltreatment that government workers give to families in poverty which many outside of poverty are not aware of. A lot of the resource provid- ers had attitudes when dealing with the impoverished and it was quite alarming to see how these families were being treated when they were already dealing with so much stress mentally and emo- tionally from financial pressures.
“The simulation -- with its long lines, short-tempered resource providers, unpredictable set- backs, and general chaos -- was trying to reproduce that feeling of stress, so that participants might get a better understanding of why people do what they do. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to be part of it,” concluded Ryan.
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The Journey of an Alfred Artist: the Perspective of Desiree Des
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How does having events at the start of the year impact students?
way. The block party club fair is even targeted and advertised more heavily to Freshmen. This makes sense for trying to help new students connect and inte- grate into a community, however, I remember myself and many of my classmates saying “Let’s just focus on our academics. We can save clubs for next year.” Not ac- commodating returning students to get past that “start of the year”
workload severely cuts back on a potentially interested demograph- ic. Having a fair a few weeks into the year could help get far more students involved.
Other conversations revealed a very different impact of activi- ties early in the semester. Some organizations need to hit the ground running with a full ros- ter and can’t wait a few weeks before advertising. Sports fall into this category. A sophomore student athlete said that he came prepared for the “start of the year” workload and was prepared for the added commitment.
“It keeps me motivated because I can’t be on the team unless I go to class.”
Is it a good idea for organizations to plan events at the very start of the year? How does this “start of the year” rush impact the student body and the organizations that wish to hold these activities?
The start of a year is a very unstable time where schedules are being established and rou- tines discovered/rediscovered.
Despite this, dozens of events are planned within the first few weeks of class such as fairs, open hous- es, special workshops, sponsored meals, and more. With so much being thrown at them all at once, students are forced to pick and choose what events to attend and which ones to skip.
Postponing this rush to pump out events potentially could have a positive impact on the atten- dance of the events and the willingness of students to commit to clubs and activities.
First and foremost, the begin- ning of the year workload signifi- cantly reduces the availability of students during scheduled event
times. This workload is not only limited to the, ever present, home- work and reading assignments. It also included other activities such as moving in, organizing belong- ing, filling out and submitting last minute paperwork, discovering a routine, and re-establishing a social life.
In conversations with various students the single largest reason for not attending or participating in events and clubs was that they simply had too much work to fur- ther divide up their time.
Beginning a year this way
floods students with too much additional information for them to be able to remember. A senior art student said that even after attend- ing school here for multiple years she still discoveries clubs and or- ganizations that she was unaware of. She recommended a solution to help students discover clubs more efficiently and avoid an information flood the beginning of the year.
“There should be a club fair 2 or 3 weeks into the year for ALL students.”
Freshman year, all the students are pushed to get involved in some Caleb Scott
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are good they are very good. The skies here have relatively low light pollution which makes for some amazing celestial views.
The downside is that whether or not Sunday will be clear is a shot in the dark, and clouds are not an infrequent occurrence.
On cloudy nights where observ- ing is not an option the club will have other activities and likely snacks. So weather regardless there should plenty to do at each meeting.
Among other things, the club also does occasionally go on trips. Several small trips to near- by areas with good sky viewing are probable, provided Winter doesn’t start early. A larger trip is also likely to occur, probably to one of the bigger cities in the northeast sometime in the sec- ond semester. Astronomy club is a great way to get a hands on experience with space and all who are interested are encour- aged to join.
Astronomy club is not limited to students taking astronomy courses through the school. Any person with an interest in space and things of that nature is welcome. One of the many great aspects of the club is the opportunity for mem- bers to get to see the observatory in use here at Alfred. Astronomy club meets every Sunday at the observatory around 8pm for this purpose. Alfred’s weather is a grab bag in the sense that when nights Though one may not know it at first
glance, Alfred University boasts a very robust observatory. The Stull Observatory is an incredible setup that students can utilize in various ways. Several astronomy based courses are available that utilize the facilities, on Friday nights from 9pm to 11pm the buildings are opened to the public provided the weather is decent for observing, and the school has a dedicated astronomy club.
AU Astronomy Club is Out of This World
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saying “When you’re not comfort- able with your work or not comfort- able with yourself, it can give you a lot of social anxiety. Who do you talk to? Do you go alone? What do you do if someone tells you congratulations?” After this show, Des realized that galleries was not what she wanted for her work. She wanted to create a place where work could engage more directly with the audience and in different and new ways. This opposed the idea of seeing work on a white mu- seum wall. She wanted to find out how to activate the work further, make people really spend time with the pieces.
Soon she was applying to graduate school again. Two years in a row she applied, happy to learn from the previous applica- tion. The first school she applied to had a system that was very closed off, once you had decided on a track you were set. Her sec- ond application was to an inter- disciplinary school which allowed her to work for three years. She explained that the third year was very beneficial, allowing her to truly get used to the school before creating her ending thesis, both a
paper and an art show. The time allowed her to see what she want- ed and what her work needed.
Her thesis can be found at tinyurl.
com/desmfathesis.
Currently, Des lives with her boyfriend in a small apartment, without a studio space. She has two part-time jobs and is applying for residencies, which come with studio space in New York City.
Unfortunately, this is extremely difficult because there’s a lot of competition. Still she finds ways to show her work. The show in the Cohen Gallery is her sixth show- ing this year. Des is starting to get support from bigger studios as her work becomes more well known.
This is a perfect example of how community is important to getting your work out there.
Des also spoke about getting jobs and shows because you know someone isn’t a bad thing, con- nections help. Creating a group or system of interconnected commu- nication allows for an artist to get their work shown. It is really diffi- cult to get a show without knowing anyone. People will not want to hire you if they have no information about you or your art.
Ultimately Des’s advice to young artists new to the industry is work your side hustle. Do many projects or jobs at once, and rely on your friends and connections, you never know where they’ll take you.
create a community for her to work with. Des also created an at-home studio. Her advice for the striving artist; make use of what you have, use your apart- ment as a studio, a museum, a meeting place. Let what you have be what you need. Exam- ple; without a studio to show work in, she decided to meet with a curator at a coffee shop and brought prints. You don’t need to have a studio to get hired or to show your work.
At this time she applied for a residency at Alfred, unfortu- nately being an Alfred Alum did not guarantee her a spot in the program. She applied a few times, saying that until she was accepted, her work was just not up to snuff. At that point, she was able to really work on her prac- tice. Striving to get her work out into the world, she used a friend’s apartment as a show room during an art walk in NYC, inviting peo- ple to see her work.
Eventually she got a solo show at Sardine Gallery, in New York City. But she found that the gallery world could be weird,
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OPINION
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Film Review - Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
the film. Wolff amounts to what is essentially a b-list Han Solo, com- bined with an inkling of Mad Max.
Molly Ringwald plays Wolff’s ob- noxious sidekick Niki. It should be noted that this is before she rose to (relative) stardom in 16 Candles however her character is just as true to bad 80’s tropes as she does in that film. Michael Ironsides plays the antagonist in Starhunter, Over- dog. Overdog is a creepy cybernet- ic pervert that appears wildly out of place considering the fact that this movie is seemingly geared toward children, but Ironsides does an amazing job playing the part.
As far as plot goes it seems that Starhunter is merely an outlet for Columbia Pictures to recoup losses on various set pieces and props for other undeveloped films they had worked on at some point in time.
Without delving too far in spoiler ter- ritory, Wolff’s central motive through- out the film is to rescue three prin- cesses from a hostile planet in order to receive a cash reward. From the point where Wolff lands on the plan- et the movie goes very quickly from the Star Wars-esque film it is seem- ingly advertised as to Mad Max,
down to the vehicle choices and scenery. The closer that the heroes of the film get to Overdog’s layer the more apparent this becomes. On the way to the final showdown with Overdog the heroes of the movie traverse several increasingly bi- zarre and out of place sets and fight equally strange baddies in a series of oddly decent action scenes. This is where the theory that Spacehu- nter is simply a conglomeration of Columbia Picture’s failed projects comes into play, and it adds a lot of entertainment value to the film trying to speculate as to what many sets and characters were originally intended for.
Start to finish Starhunter pro- vides the epitome of what would be considered a “fun” movie. It’s by no means good, and the whole thing reeks of eighties. A major redeeming factor to the film is that whoever the producers hired for pyrotechnics and special effects went way overboard. Explosions and other fiery displays are need- lessly common throughout the 90 minute run time, and it’s fantastic.
The action sequences are also plentiful and generally decently On May 25th, 1983 Star Wars:
Episode VI - Return of the Jedi released to generally positive reviews, financial success, and a lastingly legacy in cinema history as the conclusion to the original Star Wars trilogy. That movie, regarded as a decent film (Ewoks aside) is not the subject of this review. The movie in review today is another sci-fi masterpiece released a mere five days before Return of the Jedi, that came nowhere close to Star Wars in scope, quality, or financial suc- cess. This movie is none other than Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a phenom- enal viewing experience for sev- eral reasons, none of them good.
The cast of the movie is a surpris- ingly competent group consisting of notable actors and actresses such as Molly Ringwald, Michael Ironsides, and Ernie Hudson. The lead actor, Peter Strauss plays a man by the name of Wolff, though he is only referred to as such in one or two instances throughout
done. If it weren’t such a victim of it’s time Spacehunter would have lost a lot of heart, so as campy as the movie is, it’s for the best. A final sad note to this whole thing is that the film’s full title, Spacehu- nter: Adventures in the Lost Zone, seemingly implies that there are other adventures that spacehunt- er (presumably Wolff, though who spacehunter is is never explicitly stated) goes on, however no such films exist. If Hollywood wants to keep producing reboots and sequels, perhaps they should give Spacehunter another try.
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Ask A Sex Nerd:
I’m a virgin, but my boyfriend isn’t. I haven’t told him that I’ve never had real sex. I’m nervous that he won’t want to date someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Should I tell him?mainly men, can fetishize the idea of virginity, and that’s no good too.
You’re not going to enjoy yourself if your partner just wants your virginity.
Having said that, any partner of yours should understand that you’re not telling them to put pressure on them. If they don’t want work on having better sex with you, then they’re probably not someone I’d recommend you stay with. Also any time that you sex with a new person, it can be awkward, and you need to learn how to figure out how your bodies fit together. If any part- ner doesn’t want to figure this out, then you need to talk about that!
So it’s up to you to decide, tell him or not. If you do decide to tell him, start light, initiate a conversa- tion about getting close to having sex. Ask him if he’s ever been test- ed, had unprotected sex, or had a condom break. Then when you feel comfortable, or he asks the same of you, tell him. Reassure him that it’s not a big deal, and that it had just never come up before.
If you decide not to tell him, remember that’s no excuse for not talking about sex. You need to know if your partner has been test- ed for an STI, if they’ve had unpro- tected sex, and depending on your relationship, if they’re having sex with anyone else.
stand anything. Why are there so many players around the field and so few playing on it? Why do they keep on changing players?
And why is everyone screaming?
To go to a real life game of American Football was one thing on my bucket list for my time in the United States. It was some- thing I had seen in movies and TV shows and it seemed to me that it was something important to experience in order to un- derstand more about American culture.
Though, maybe I should have looked at the rules and done research before.
I had the feeling that I was the only one concentrated on the game and yet the only one silent when everyone else was cheering. And because of this, I feel that there was no doubt that I was not from here.
Sex can be a big deal, especial- ly if you haven’t done it before!
Ultimately this is your decision to make, and no one can make it for you. Still, I’m going to be honest, I think you should tell him. Here’s why; I think every relationship is better with open communication. But, hey, I know it’s more complicated than that so let’s talk Pros and Cons.
Pros: It can lead to a stronger relationship to tell him the truth.
You’ll be more in control of when you give him your virginity if you guys start talking about it honest- ly. You’ll start having discussions about sex, which leads to con- versations about good sex, and (once/if you start having it) how to have even better sex. You’ll be able to ask him questions, like what kind of things he likes, if he’s ever been tested for STIs, how he gave up his virginity.
Cons: Sex can be a big deal, and often the person who’s had sex before feels like they have to make the first time important or magical. That’s a lot of pressure!
Maybe not telling him will prevent that pressure, and make your first time a bit easier. Some people don’t like being the person who is receiving someone’s virginity, no one is instantly good at sex, and not everyone wants to help someone learn how to be. On the other side of things some people,
Lost in Translation
I come from France. One month ago, I was taking a plane for New York City, then a bus for Syracuse, another for Elmira, and a car. A few days and some ads for the Bible along the road later, I was here in Alfred, NY.
Ever since my arrival, I have experienced American culture and differences with mine. It begins with living on a campus. I never had the chance before to wake up 15 minutes before my class and not be late. I never had the chance to watch Quidditch. And I never had the chance to eat pizza with the president of my former univer- sity.
Sometimes I feel American stu- dents don’t understand how unique it is to live on campus and to be a part of a community such as Alfred.
I went to my first American football game… and I didn’t under-
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SPORTS
September 29, 2017
Saxons run past Rochester for 45-7 Homecoming victory
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junior wideout Jayden Gavidia (Ho- mer, NY/Homer) and senior wide receiver Rodney Etienne (Spring Valley, NY/Ramapo) on consec- utive first-down passes to the Rochester 27. On the next play, Morrison threaded a pass between two defenders, hitting Gavidia for the 27-yard TD and putting Alfred up 21-0.
AU boosted its lead to 28-0 midway through the third. After tak- ing over at their own 39-yard line following a punt, the Saxon gained 11 yards on three plays before Fuentes scored on a 49-yard run with 7:35 left in the third.
Rochester got on the board on the Yellowjackets’ ensuing drive, with Gallagher tossing a six-yard TD pass to tight end Daniel DiLore- to on fourth-and-two.
Alfred answered on its next drive, going 38 yards in seven plays before senior Trevor Monk (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) booted a 26-yard field goal 44 seconds into the fourth to give his team a 31-7 advantage.
Alfred closed out the scor- ing with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns. Rochester punted on its possession following Monk’s field goal and AU took over at its own 42-yard line with 12:29 left in regulation. On the first play from scrimmage, Fuentes busted off his second long TD run, scoring from 58 yards out to give the Saxons a in the opening frame.
Rochester (1-2) made it into AU territory on its next two drives, but came up short each time.
The Yellowjackets turned the ball over on downs at the AU 33-yard line with 3:22 left in the first. The Saxons went three and out on their ensuing possession and Rochester took over at their own 40 with 2:12 remaining in the quarter. The Yel- lowjackets drove to the AU 10-yard line and had first-and-goal, but four plays later, a botched field goal at- tempt ended with AU taking over at their own 16-yard line 18 seconds into the second quarter.
After two runs and a short pass put the ball at the Saxon 28, Smith busted through the line and sprint- ed 72 yards for his first collegiate touchdown, giving Alfred a 14-0 advantage 1:55 into the period.
The teams exchanged punts on their next two drives, and on Rochester’s third possession of the quarter, the Yellowjackets again drove deep into AU territory. But on second-and-goal from the AU 12- yard line, Rochester quarterback Matt Gallagher was intercepted at the goal line by sophomore line- backer Nick Milgate (Hilton, NY/
Hilton), who returned the ball to the AU 35.
After a pair of runs put the ball near midfield, AU junior quarter- back Bryce Morrison (Kennedy, NY/Randolph) connected with ALFRED, NY – The Alfred Uni-
versity football team rushed for 423 yards in a 45-7 Homecoming Day victory over non-conference foe Rochester Saturday after- noon at Yunevich Stadium.
Alfred got 188 yards on the ground from senior tailback Maleke Fuentes (Olean, NY/
Olean) on just 15 carries, with more than 100 of them coming on long touchdown runs of 49 and 58 yards. First-year tailback Nas Smith (Auburn, NY/Auburn) added 138 yards on 12 attempts, scoring on a 72-yard run that put the Saxons up 14-0 early in the second quarter.
For the game, the Saxons (3-0) averaged nearly 10 yards per carry and tallied 508 yards of total offense.
“Obviously, we ran the ball very well today,” said AU head coach Bob Rankl. “Maleke and Nas had great individual games, but a lot of the credit has to go to our offensive line. They real- ly stepped up and played well today.”
The Saxons (ranked 17th in the national coaches poll and 23rd in the D3football.com poll) scored on their opening drive, marching 95 yards in 10 plays, with sophomore tailback Aaron Griffin (East Elmhurst, NY/Holy Cross) scoring on a 15-yard run with just under seven minutes left
38-7 lead. After Rochester punt- ed again, Alfred drove 62 yards in 12 plays, with Griffin capping off the drive with a 10-yard touch- down run with 2:16 left.
Griffin finished with 60 yards on 10 carries and sophomore backup quarterback Casey Boston (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood) had 34 yards on four attempts.
Morrison finished eight-of-15 for 85 yards and a touchdown and Gavidia had four catches for 57 yards and a score.
Gallagher threw for 248 yards and a TD on 30-of-43 passing, with wideout David Angie catch- ing seven passes for 40 yards and DiLoreto five for 50 yards and a touchdown.
The AU defense was led by senior linebacker A.J. LiCata (Lake View, NY/Frontier) with a team-high 13 tackles. First-year strong safety Raeqwon Greer (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) had nine tackles and a forced fumble and junior linebacker Cole Reed (Gratz, PA/Upper Dauphin) had eight tackles (one sack). Milgate had seven tackles to go with his interception.
Linebacker Josh Churchin had 13 tackles to pace the Roch- ester defense. Linebacker Chris- tian Marini had 11 tackles and safety Austin Carr had six and a pass breakup.
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Alfred University women’s tennis team earns first win
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College, 6-3, in an Empire 8 Con- ference matchup.
AU (1-8, 1-4 E8) won four of six singles matches. Junior Inda Gillett (South Kortright, NY/
Delaware Academy) took second singles, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2; sophomore Miranda Sakala (Olean, NY/Olean) won third singles, 6-1, 6-2; senior Beryl Torthe (Pretoria, South Afri- ALFRED, NY – The Alfred
University women’s tennis team earned its first victory of the 2017-18 season Saturday afternoon, topping host Elmira
ca/St. Mary’s Diocesan) won fifth singles, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5; and sopho- more Amber Smith (Prattsburgh, NY/Prattsburgh) claimed sixth singles, 7-5, 6-3.
Alfred won two of three dou- bles matches. Smith and Gillett took second doubles, 8-7 (7-4), while junior Rachel Pera (Ken- more, NY/Kenmore West) and Torthe won third doubles, 8-4.
“I could not be happier with the performance these ladies gave today,” remarked Mike Graham, AU head coach. “We stayed aggressive in doubles, winning two of three, which was huge for the success we had today.”
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a tough contest against Stevens, we feel like we did our program a lot of good by the way we played, the way we showed our Saxon spirit, and showed them the pas- sion, desire and commitment to
work like we had 11 players on the field but we only had 10,”
head coach Tracy Blake said. “We played with 10 men for over an hour and they scored right after we went down to 10-man so it’s an ALFRED, NY – The Alfred Uni-
versity men’s soccer team tied the visiting Stevens Institute of Technology, 1-1 Saturday eve- ning in a very physical game.
“We knew it was going to be
accolade. My hat’s off to the lads they played really well and they listened to what the coaching staff had to say. We could have stolen it.”
The Saxons (2-4-1, 1-0-1 Empire 8) lone goal sored on came in the first half of play after senior midfielder Miguel Reyes (Valencia, Venezuela, La Sal- le) received a red card. On the ensuing free kick, Andrew Masur was able to find Matthew Ham- mons to give Stevens the 1-0 advantage in the 29th minute.
Alfred did not let the man advantage get to them as soph- omore forward Evan Merkey (Webster, NY/Webster Schroder) was able to corral the deflect shot off goalie Aaron Henry to tie the game in the 67th minute.
Stevens had a slight advan- tage in shots taken, 19-11 and shots on goal, 8-5. Stevens also had more fouls in the contest, 22-17. Alfred had the advantage in corner kicks, 11-8.
Alfred battles back to tie Stevens in Empire 8 action
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