Polk hat trick helps defeat Cougars

BATAVIA, NY – In his final regular season game against his former team, Ben Polk (Banbury, UK) got his third hat trick of the season and helped the men’s soccer team defeat Genesee Community College 4-0 on Saturday (10/18).

Herkimer (14-0-1, 7-0) saw Polk score two goals in the first half, one from Moulid Somow (Utica, NY) in the 14^th, then got his second on a penalty kick in the 41^st to make it 2-0 in favor of the Generals.

Polk got the hat trick on an assist from Somow to push the score to 3-0 in the 63^rd, then Mitch White (Leicester, England) made it 4-0, connecting with Rodrigo Guerra (Newburgh, NY) in the 75^th for his first goal of the season.

In net for the Generals was Austin Santor (Chazy, NY) and Jack Kinsley (Reepham, Norfolk). Santor had one save and Kinsley had zero to help Herkimer end the regular season on an eight game win streak.

Up next for Herkimer is regionals. Seeding will be done later next week. The Generals could get a bye for quarterfinals, setting them up for a home game in the final week of October in semifinals.

Score:

HERK (14-0-1, 7-0) 4

GENESEE (9-7, 3-0) 0

Halftime:

HERK 2

GENESEE 0

Scoring:

Herkimer

Moulid Somow 2 assists

Ben Polk 3 goals

Rodrigo Guerra 1 assist

Mitch White 1 goal

Goalies:

Herkimer

Austin Santor 1 save

Jack Kinsley 0 saves

Genesee

Connor Halstead 4 saves

Next Game: TBD

-Giorgio Varlaro