Snyder Scores Late Equalizer, but No. 20 Hofstra Answers to Take 2-1 Opening-Night Win

Thursday, August 20

Lewisburg, Pa.

7:30 p.m.

Bucknell University

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Hofstra

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Hofstra	1	1	2
Bucknell	0	1	1

Snyder Scores Late Equalizer, but No. 20 Hofstra Answers to Take 2-1 Opening-Night Win

8/20/2026 10:33:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Freshman Chayse Snyder leveled the match with his first career goal in the 80th minute, but Sean Keane answered only 50 seconds later to send No. 20 Hofstra to a 2-1 win over Bucknell in the men's soccer season opener on Thursday night at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium.

A young Bison squad missing several key players due to injury held its own against a top-20 opponent, but the Pride avenged a home loss to Bucknell in last year's opener. Bastian Carlman also scored late in the first half for Hofstra, the preseason favorite in the Coastal Athletic Association.

"We suffered a bit down 1-0 in the second half and knew we had to keep it there, and then Chayse scored a great goal to get us even," said head coach Dave Brandt. "Unfortunately we fell asleep for a moment and gave it right back, but Hofstra is a really good team and that was a good college soccer game. We're down some guys and are scrambling a bit positionally but still had two good chances to make it 2-2. The way we battled is part of the identity and spirit of this group."

Bucknell maintained possession for most of the first 15 minutes of the match until Hofstra began to flip the field later in the first half. The Bison survived a replay review for a possible penalty in the 17th minute, and then five minutes later first-time starter Thomas Yerbury made a tough diving save to deny Carlman.

The Pride got on the board through Carlman in the 38th minute. Bucknell turned it over playing out of the back, and David Citron won possession and fed an open Carlman in the center of the area.

David Krumov sliced a hard shot wide of the right post from the top of the area seven minutes into the second half, and then two minutes later the Bison dodged a bullet when Henri Poll and James York both sent headers into the crossbar.

Snyder gave the Bison a strong 67-minute shift off the bench in his collegiate debut, and he nearly opened his account in the 70th minute when his rip from the left flank stuck the right post. The rebound came all the way out to Krumov at the 18, and his follow-up attempt was chested off the goal line by defender Joel Bona.

Snyder found his well-deserved goal on a corner kick sequence in the 80th minute. Krumov's delivery got past everyone, and Lewisburg native Viktor Permyashkin chased down the loose ball along the end line. Permyashkin served it back into the center of the area, where Snyder headed it inside the right post.

Not long after the restart, Jack Benham served a ball into the box, where Keane squeezed a near-post header past Yerbury.

Bucknell again pushed for the equalizer and got a good look from Nate Coughlin from the right wing along with two free kicks in the attacking third. The Bison won a corner kick in the last 10 seconds, but Hofstra dealt with the rushed service as time expired.

Hofstra finished with a 13-10 shot advantage, and both goalkeepers made four saves.

Bucknell's difficult early season schedule continues on Monday with a trip to Pittsburgh at 7 p.m.