Josh Spencer will lead the Pirates into a tough SCAC match vs. the Colorado College Tigers today at 2 PM. The Tigers are 7-1 on the season and are 1-0 SCAC play with a 5-0 win over Millsaps College last weekend. The Tigers are ranked 4th in the NSCAA/adidas West Regional Rankings. The Pirates enter the second weekend of SCAC play at 2-0 and 3-6 overall.The last three match ups have been close with SU winning 2 of the last 3 games. Last season, the Pirates took a hard fought 1-0 defeat in the icy weather below Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs. The goal came on a penalty kick in the first ten minutes of play and the Pirates faced an up mountain battle for the rest of the day being unable to finish on some good chances in front of net in the second half. The first half the Pirates were out played but the second half the Pirates changed the attitude and just were unable to connect. The Pirate were out shot 23-7 but the corner kicks were more even at 4-3. In 2006, the Pirates got a late goal at the 89th minute from Patrick Dailey to win 2-1. Current Pirate Preston Hollis tied the match at 1-1 on the day where the Pirates out shot the Tigers 13-10 at home. In 2005, the Pirates had another 2-1 win in Colorado Springs with two goals coming from former Pirate Scott Smith.
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