Max Born Scores Twice in Tartans' 5-0 Win at Home
The Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer team defeated Penn State Harrisburg by a 5-0 score on Friday at home with freshman Max Born recording two goals, including his first career score. The Tartans are now 4-1-1 for the year while the Lion drop to 0-5-1.
Inside the Box Score
- The games first goal came from senior Justin Fung in the 13th minute after junior Julian Koide won the ball in the midfield and struck a long pass over the defense to the corner of the 18-yard box for Fung.
- Less than eight minutes later, freshman Thomas Thornton scored his first career goal after redirecting a pass into the box off a free kick by Fung.
- Born then tallied his first career goal in the 42nd minute when sophomore Buck Magee headed down a defender's clearance just outside the 18-yard box that Born settled before cutting the ball back to his right foot for a curling shot to the right post.
- The fourth goal of the game came in the 44th minute when Magee chased down a ball and played a diagonal ball back to the corner of the six-yard box that was redirected into the goal by a defender before two Tartans were able to get to the pass.
- Born added a goal int he 65th minute when sophomore Ben Park put a low pass across the box for a one-touch shot by the striker.
- Senior Kai Yamamoto picked up the win after playing 54 minutes while freshman Nicholas Macouzet, senior Azdeen Zack, and sophomore Knox Foster all played their first minutes of the season for the shared shutout. Macouzet made one save.