ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Sept. 16, 2006) – Visiting Ithaca used a second-half goal from senior Hugo Valencia (Shelburne, VT) to hand Nazareth its first defeat of the season in men's soccer Saturday as the Bombers prevailed, 1-0, at Golden Flyer Stadium.

Nazareth had opened the season with five straight victories before Ithaca won the Empire 8 Conference opening game for both teams. Ithaca, which has not yielded a goal yet this season improved to 4-0-1 overall.

Nazareth had a 14-9 edge in shots, but the Bombers made one of their five second-half shots count as Valencia fired a shot through a maze of players and under the arm of Nazareth goalie Alex Kilroy (Spencerport HS/Spencerport, NY) at 61:07. Junior Ryan Cole (Liverpool, NY) was credited with the assist.

Ithaca goalkeeper Andy Wilhelm (Ellicott City, MD) made four saves to gain the shutout. Kilroy had three saves for the Golden Flyers, who visit the University of Rochester Tuesday at 7 p.m. for a non-conference game.