T — w 5 * Albany Student

by Mike Flskarski It wis like target practice. But this time, tome of the shott went in. With an incredible 77 ihoti at goal, the Albany varsity soccer team wiped out a gritty Potsdam squad by a score of 7-1 at the Albany soccer field Saturday, thus breaking their scoring famine. And for coach William Schieffelin, it was the first victory of the season. "We started being aggressive today. I hope this is going to be the beginning of our momentum. Even with a 2-0 lead at the half," continued Schieffelin, "I was uncomfor table . Those guys iPotsdam] hustle." But even with Potsdam's hustle and the excellent play of Bears' goalie Dan Nistilo—the score would have been much larger witnout his diving saves—the Booters were not to be denied this day. Coming off a frustrating I-1 tie in Oswego on Wednesday, Albany had no wins until Potsdam. In fact, they had not scored until right halfback Matty Denora tallied in the second half of the Oswego contest to send the game into overtime. Two ten minute overtime periods produced ho more scoring, and Albany had to settle for the deadlock. With all the missed shots in that one, it was very similar to Saturday's contest. Schieffelin explained: "At Oswego, we had maybe ten shots like we had today and they just weren't goingin. When they go, theygo;and when they don't, they don't." Against Potsdam they did—some of them—and against Oswego they didn't. And although Albany did score seven goals on Saturday, it was not