STILL ON TOP

Christian Barreiro scored both goals in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Loyola as Calvert Hall maintained first place in the MIAA A Conference.

byJoe DiBlasi

Playing on Loyola College’s field on Saturday morning as
the warm-up act to the UMBC-Loyola men’s game, Calvert Hall defeated Loyola
Blakefield 2-1, in a key MIAA A Conference game.

Combined with McDonogh’s
win over Curley later that morning, the Cardinals’ victory restored sole possession
of first place in the A Conference with a 7-1 leaguer record, and a mark of 8-4 overall.

On Tuesday against John Carrol, the Cardinals begin the second half of their season.

The Cardinals’ Christian
Barreiro opened the scoring late in the first half when he beat Loyola keeper
Tim Peitsch (5 saves) to the near post after turning the corner and dribbling
up the end line.

Leading 1-0 at half,
Calvert Hall tried to fend off sustained Loyola pressure at the start of the
second.

But the Dons received a penalty kick in the 55th minute when a
Calvert Hall defender and Loyola attacker were tangled up in the box.

David Butler scored from the spot to
equalize.

Just minutes later, however, Calvert
Hall got its own penalty kick after a hand ball in the Loyola area.

Barreiro scored, and the Calvert
Hall defense closed out the game.

The Cardinals won for the second straight time since last week’s 2-0 upset loss to Gilman (6-3-2 overall, 4-3-1 league).

 Loyola slipped to 6-2-2 overall, and, 4-2-2 in the league.