After scoring a 1-0 victory in the 85th minute at Houghton (N.Y.) College on Friday night, the Cougars (7-3-2, 4-1-2 AMC) did not wait around for last-second heroics on Saturday as freshman forward Chris Allen took a pass from senior forward Adam Worrall (left) and found the back of the net just 4:13 into the match against the Raiders (7-2-0, 5-2-0 AMC) for an early 1-0 lead.

The score remained that way until the 33rd minute when Worrall again played a role in the goal as he sent the ball to sophomore defender Kemar Jackson, who cracked a left-footed shot for his first goal of the year to put MVNU in front 2-0.

The score remained that way until early in the second half when Roberts Wesleyan trimmed the lead to 2-1 in the 53rd minute when Jake Schindler scored off an assist from Femi Arogundade.

However, that would be as close as the Raiders would get as Worrall gave the Cougars some breathing room with an insurance goal in the 84th minute as he stole the ball from a defender and scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season to cap off the 3-1 victory. The goal was also the 34th of Worrall’s career as he moved into a tie for sixth place on MVNU’s career goals list with 34 to match the total of former Cougar standout Jeffery Hinds.

MVNU held a 10-7 advantage in total shots with a commanding 9-2 edge in shots on goal and a 5-2 margin in corner kicks. Junior goalkeeper Alex Stout stopped one shot for the Cougars, while Roberts Wesleyan goalie Brion Ehman posted six saves.

“This certainly was a very nice weekend for us playing two tough teams on the road and getting two very good results,” said MVNU coach Paul Furey. “Beating Roberts, who was a ranked team, at their place was a very nice win for us. Our guys came out once again ready to go right from the start. Adam setting up Chris for an early goal really set the tone for us. We played very solid in the first half and gave them very few chances. We even padded our one-goal lead with a nice goal by Kemar that was set up by Adam once again. (Roberts Wesleyan) seemed to play a better second half than they did in the first and we were not quite as sharp, but we still did what we needed to do to preserve an important win.”

“Adam had a phenomenal weekend and just played tremendous as he was instrumental in every goal for us,” said Furey. “It just demonstrates the type of player that he is. He is certainly right at the top of the list with the best players in our conference. Our back line was once again solid along with Alex in goal. We just had a lot of energy from everyone on the field to our reserves on the bench who were enthusiastic in their support. We accomplished what we set out to do this weekend and I am proud of our team.”

The Cougars will return to action on Wednesday when MVNU will host Point Park (Pa.) University in another AMC match that will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Cougar Field.