LEONIA, N.J.— The Yeshiva men's soccer team was defeated by Mt. St. Mary's College (MSMC), 2-1 in a Skyline Conference match at Overpeck Park on Sunday evening.
 
The loss drops Yeshiva's Skyline record to 2-5-1 and overall record to 8-6-1, and with the loss Yeshiva has been eliminated from Skyline Conference playoff contention. MSMC assured itself first place in the 2014 Skyline Conference standings with the win as it improves to 8-1-0 in conference play and 11-4-2 overall.
 
The Maccabees came out aggressive in the early stages of the game, and Yeshiva scored the first goal of the contest 4:13 in. The Maccabees went ahead 1-0 when Itamar Ben David lifted a 25 yard pass to Aaron Braun who fired a shot from about 15 yards out on the far side of the field to put Yeshiva ahead.


The Blue Knights tied the score at 11:41 when a turnover a deep in the Yeshiva end led to a goal by Chris Marchese. Then MSMC took the lead with 6:10 to go before halftime on a goal by Matt Garcia.
 
While neither team scored in the second half, Yeshiva had excellent scoring chances. The Maccabees' best chance at the equalizer came late in the sixty-fifth minute and early in the sixty-sixth minute when Ben David had a point blank look that was stopped by the Blue Knights goalkeeper Austin Peluso before a rebound shot by Braun was miraculously saved again.
 
Peluso made eight saves in the contest, while Maor Feinstein stopped three shots for the Maccabees.
 
Yeshiva held a 14-10 advantage on shots, including 8-3 in the second half. MSMC held a 7-6 edge in the first half.
 
Yeshiva is back in action on Friday for a home contest against Medgar Evers College at Tibbets Brook Park at noon.