September 2, 2007Simba Aberdeen posts his first goal of the season in a losing effort
canisius.eduRobert Morris senior forward Neil Shaffer took a pass from teammate Dwayne Chin at the top of the box and lined a shot into the left side of the goal with 56 seconds left in the second overtime period to push the visiting Colonials to a 2-1 win over Canisius College Sunday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex. The win improves Robert Morris to 2-0-0, while the loss drops the Golden Griffins to 0-2-0 in 2007.
Trailing 1-0 late in regulation time, Canisius senior
Simba Aberdeen knotted the contest at 1-1 with his first goal of the season in the game’s 89th minute. Senior Mariano Sapien set up the Griffs’ tally by sliding a lead-pass towards Aberdeen, who beat Robert Morris goalkeeper Matt Felice to the left side to put the Blue and Gold on the scoreboard.
The Colonials took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute after Jacek Przednowek scored past Canisius keeper Adam Catley off a pass in the box from Shaffer. Robert Morris showed a strong offensive presence early in the game, posting 11 shots in the game’s first 45 minutes, but Catley kept the Griffs in the game by recording six saves in the first half, and finished with a game total of 10. Felice posted his second win of the season for the Colonials after recording six saves, highlighted by a diving stop early in the second half off a redirected shot from Canisius forward Alan McGreal. Robert Morris finished the game with a 24-15 advantage in shots and held a 5-4 lead in corner kicks. A total of 37 fouls were called in the physical match, with Canisius whistled for 19 fouls and Robert Morris drawing 18. The Griffs will return to action Friday, Sept. 14, when the team meets Detroit in the first game of the BGSU Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio. Game time is set for 12:30 p.m.
Game Notes: The Sept. 2, home date for Canisius is the program’s earliest since 1999… All three of Canisius’ goals this year have come in the final 10 minutes of regulation time… Simba Aberdeen’s goal on Sunday was the sixth of his career… Adam Catley has 21 saves in goal for Canisius through the team’s first two contests… Aberdeen led all players with six shots, while Alan McGreal was credited with four
Cougars Claim Saturn of Charleston Soccer Classic Championship
CofCSports.comMatt Morris led the CofC men’s soccer team to the 4-1 win over Birmingham Southern in the championship game of the Saturn of Charleston Soccer Classic Sun., Sept. 2, at Patriots Point Field. Morris headed in a goal in the 14th minute with an assist from Wes Knight. David Levine rebounded a shot off of Panther goalie Joe Nasco in the 40th minute to add to the Cougar lead. Midfielder Grant Guthrie quickly followed Levine with a goal of his own in the 41st minute.
Kareem Yearwood scored his second goal of the tournament and the season early in the second half (57:36) off an assist from Knight. Corbin Waller who had four saves on the weekend, was named tournament MVP. CofC dominated the Panthers offensively with 12 shots to six.
The victory brings the Cougars record to 2-0-0 for the season. Birmingham Southern’s record after the weekend is 1-1-0. CofC will host the Aaron Olitsky Memorial Tournament presented by Nike, Fri. Sept. 7, and Sun., Sept. 9, at Patriots Point Field. The Cougars will face UNC Wilmington Friday and Charlotte Sunday.
McAuley's goal fails to earn Evansville a point
gopurpleaces.comJunior goalkeeper Alec Dufty of the University of Evansville scored a point and stopped a penalty kick, but he and his teammates couldn't contain Memphis midfielder Jared Britcher. The result was a 2-1 victory by the Tigers here Sunday night in the final round of the Memphis Diadora Soccer Tournament. The Aces also fell in the first round on Friday, 2-1 to Oral Roberts in UE's season opener.
"I believe we are much improved from this point a year ago," said Coach Mike Jacobs, "but last year we were just trying to be competitive, and this year we expect to win matches against good teams like Oral Roberts and Memphis."
Britcher put Memphis up 1-0 at the 33:57 mark when he headed in Sean Goulding's corner kick. Evansville's
Ian McAuley tied the match at 49:30. UE's scoring play began when Dufty booted a goal kick to midfield. Freshman Robby Lynch then fed the ball to McAuley, who broke open to score his first goal of the year. Both Dufty and Lynch were awarded assists.
Dufty then made a key save at 68:07, stopping a penalty kick by Memphis's Kevin Walsh. But less than 90 seconds later, Britcher got around UE's defense and scored his second goal of the night to give the Tigers the game-winner. Evansville plays again Friday in its home opener at Black Beauty Field against Belmont, at approximately 7:30. The UE women begin Friday's doubleheader against Western Illinois at 5:00.
Penny scores a consolation goal for the Firebirds
udcfirebirds.comThe Neumann College Knights defeated the UDC Firebirds 3-1 today in soccer action in Aston, Pennsylvania. The Firebirds were seeking to give new Head Coach Khary Stockton his first collegiate coaching win, but the Knights had other plans.
Sophomore forward
Kendall Penny scored the Firebird’s lone goal unassisted at the 31 minute mark. Neumann’s goals were scored by Mike Barbagallo (5:24), Zach Sell (24:16) and Jesse Urquhart (69:11).
UDC’s next soccer match will be Tuesday, September 3, when they host NYACK College at Trinity University in Washington, D.C. UDC will play it’s home matches at different locations due to the conditions of its home field. See the schedule of matches on the athletic web site, , for details.
Chinapoo nets his first career goal
aueagles.cstv.comThe American University men's soccer team put together a strong, whole-team effort to knock off host George Mason University, 2-1, Sunday in the second round of the D.C. College Cup.
American opened its scoring on the 2007 season when junior
Tremaine Chinapoo (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), a defender, notched his first career goal just 5:24 into the game. He was assisted by freshman David Menzie (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) on the goal.
The Eagles then opened up an insurmountable, two-goal lead when freshman Jamie Davin (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) also tallied his first career goal on an unassisted play. George Mason made a late charge when they scored on a corner kick in the 81st minute. However, solid defense by the Eagles allowed only two more shots the rest of the way, both of which missed the net. AU Goalkeeper Chris Sedlak (Valrico, Fla./Bloomingdale) was solid in net, making four saves.
"We got a great response from a young team on the road today," Head Coach Todd West said. "Chris Sedlak was outstanding in goal and the entire team earned a difficult 2-1 victory against an NCAA team. David Menzie was instrumental in both goals and the team defending was outstanding." Sedlak, Cooper Bryant (Niederhausen-Oberseelbach, Ger/General HH Arnold American) and Davin all earned All-Tournament honors. AU returns to action with its home opener on Friday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. when it hosts Princeton University.
August 31, 2007Neaves' hat-trick leads Bulls past Knights
gousfbulls.comBacked by junior
Kevon Neaves' hat trick, the University of South Florida men's soccer team earned a season-opening victory 5-2 over UCF, Friday night at the USF Soccer Stadium.
Not to be outdone, junior Jordan Seabrook added a goal and two assists and senior Simon Schoendorf contributed two assists of his own. Outstanding newcomer Tony Taylor also score for the first time in his career to complete the offensive outpouring from USF. The Bulls came into the game with an 18-3-4 all-time edge over UCF and the team was able to survive a few miscues to add one more win to that total. UCF drew first blood in the fifth minute of the game when Mike Mattson headed a ball past USF keeper Diego Restrepo to put the Bulls down a score.
USF would remain behind for the next 20 minutes before a hard take-down of Schoendorf in UCF's box awarded the team a penalty kick. After a foul on the first attempt by captain
Yohance Marshall, Neaves lined up and fired the second chance past Knights keeper Sean Johnson for his first goal of the night and of the season.
Just two minutes later, Seabrook found the back of the net on an assist from Schoendorf to put the Bulls up 2-1. Neaves put USF out to a momentarily comfortable 3-1 lead in the 56th minute on a quick leave from Seabrook that he rifled to the high left-side past Johnson. The Knights closed the gap after Restrepo saw a save in the middle of the box bounce away from him and UCF's James Georgeff connected with a header to make it 3-2. Feeling a sense of urgency, the Bulls picked up the pace of the game and put it out of reach as Taylor garnered his first career points on a pass from Schoendorf and the tandem of Neaves and Seabrook connected yet again two minutes later for the Petit Valley, Trinidad's career-high scoring affair.
"I thought the team showed some good maturity tonight," said head coach George Kiefer. "We got some first-game jitters out and I was happy. We made the game a little more interesting than I would have liked, but we gain some good experience from that." The Bulls out-shot the Knights 21-10 and tallied 12 of those on goal, to the Knight's five.
Pierre nets two as Richmond downs Villanova in season opener
richmondspiders.cstv.comJunior
Delano Pierre scored two goals in the first 22 minutes to lead the Richmond men's soccer team to a 2-1 victory Friday over Villanova in front of a raucous opening night crowd of 2,432 at First Market Stadium.
"That was a really good performance, in the flow of play I thought our defense was very, very good tonight," Richmond head coach Jeff Gettler said. "The crowd, the 12th player for us was unbelievable, they really pulled us through. We had two great goals and some really good defending in the flow of play."
Pierre opened the scoring in the 16th minute when he passed the ball to senior Kyle Richards in the left corner, got it back, took one touch and slammed it into the back of the net. Just over five minutes later Pierre scored his sixth-career goal when junior Scott Loesser passed the ball up to senior Callum Thomas, who who used some fancy footwork to beat two defenders and pass off to Pierre, who one-timed it into the far corner.
"It's a great feeling to score two goals in our first game," Pierre said. "It's a home game, so it's really import to get the win. (On the first goal) I was focused, the ball came to me, I took one touch and I just hit the shot I wanted to. The second goal Callum (Thomas) played a beautiful ball to me and I just placed it in the corner."
It marked Pierre's second multi-goal game of his career, along with scoring twice against Temple last season. "Those were two great goals, both times on good combination play," Gettler said. "We freed him and both times he turned and really fired good chances into the net. That was in the first 20 minutes, two goals in 20 minutes was a great start for us and a real platform for us to build on."
Villanova did not let the two goal lead last for long, as Sean Mergenthal slid a shot inside the right post off an assist from Joe Taylor on a restart just 1:53 after Pierre's second goal. "It was unlucky on the goal," Richmond goalkeeper Eric Sciocchetti said. "They just got a little tip in. On the whole the defense played very well tonight. I'm very happy with the defense."
The score would remain 2-1 as Sciocchetti, the 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, would make six saves on the night. The two teams each took 11 shots. Villanova keeper Jason Friel made three saves. Richmond returns to action on Sunday when the Spiders head down I-65 West to take on No. 5 ranked Virginia in Charlottesville at 5 p.m. The Cavaliers opened the season with a 5-0 win over Columbia tonight.
"We've got a day to get ready, but I'm sure the guys are really excited to measure ourselves against someone in the top five," Gettler said. "It's a great game for us to play and I think we'll be ready to go out there Sunday and get a result."
Kareem Yearwood leads Cougars over BearsKareem Yearwood's goal lifted the College of Charleston to a 1-0 win over Mercer in opening round action of the 2007 Saturn of Charleston Soccer Classic at rain-soaked Patriots Point Field on Friday.
In the closely-contested first half, the Cougars led Mercer in shot 6-4. Yearwood lead the attack with a goal from 18 yards out to put CofC ahead 1-0. Yearwood was assisted by senior mid-fielder Miles Alden-Dunn and junior forward David Levine.
DeFreitas gets on the scoreboard in UNF's season opener
unfospreys.cstv.comThe University of North Florida men's soccer team opened its 2007 season by rallying for a 2-1 win over homestanding Georgia State on Friday afternoon. The Ospreys (1-0) fell behind 1-0 on a goal by GSU's Brian Forera just 13:46 into the match, but answered with a pair of quick strikes to take the lead and then settle into a defensive battle. Redshirt freshman
Akil DeFreitas tied the game for UNF at the 18:08 mark on an assist from true freshman Adam O'Neill. O'Neill then pushed the game-winner into the net on a pass from Oscar Ortiz at 21:26 on the clock.
The squads settled into a stalemate from there, with each club each getting seven shots in the second half but failing to find the mark. Freshman Andrew Calise earned his first career start in goal for the Ospreys, tallying four saves. UNF outshot the Panthers 16-12 and had nine shots on goal, compared to six for GSU. Georgia State (0-1) upset 12th-ranked Clemson in an exhibition match last week and was riding high coming in, a factor that made UNF head coach Ray Bunch even more proud of his squad's effort.
"It is always good to get off to a good start," Bunch said. "This team was feeling really good about itself coming into the game because of their win over Clemson last week. I was proud of our guys for battling back after falling behind and then showing a lot of character to play tough down the stretch. We need to learn to kill off games when we have the chance, but that will come. It gives us something to work as we move forward."
UNF returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Missouri State for an 8 p.m. match.
Pompey contributes to Bridgeport's 5-1 demolition of Nyack
unfospreys.cstv.comThe University of Bridgeport scored five unanswered goals in the second half to defeat Nyack College, 5-1, in the opening game of the 2007 Franklin Pierce Labor Day Classic on Thursday afternoon at Sodexho Field. Nyack came out strong in the opening half, holding the 17th ranked Purple Knights without a shot on goal and recording three, including the only goal of the half. The Warriors struck first in the 25th minute, as Samuel Odoro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) took a cross off the foot of Shawn Mowery (Valrico, FL) and directed a header inside the far post. Nyack ended the half with a 3-0 advantage in shots on goal and a one-goal lead.
In the second half, however, Bridgeport came out strong against the Warriors, outshooting Nyack by a 13-3 margin. Matt Gontowicz (Brooklyn, NY/Xavierian) notched the game-tying goal at the 54:49 mark taking a corner kick from Blaise Njie (Banjul, Gambia/University of Texas) and heading it into the net just inside the six-yard box. The Purple Knights took the lead for good a mere 17 seconds later as Gilbert Bayonne (Amityville, NY/ St. John the Baptist) stole the ball from the Nyack goalkeeper following a back pass and one-touched it into an empty net. Four and a half minutes later, Curt Sutherland (Branford, CT/Branford) tallied his first of the game and second of the season, chipping the ball over the keeper and into the net. The Purple Knights added two more goals by
Akil Pompey (Queens, NY/St. Anthony's College) and Habib Sylla (Conakry, Guinea/Wilbur Cross) later in the second half to preserve the victory. Ryan Brooks-Newton (Selkirk, NY/Herkimer CC) made four saves in net to earn the win for Bridgeport, while Nyack's Peter Murphy (Cape Coral, FL) made two saves in a losing effort. Bridgeport (3-0-0) returns to action September 1st at the Franklin Pierce Labor Day Classic with a 4:30 p.m. match against Caldwell College. Nyack (0-2-0) will face #24 Franklin Pierce in the nightcap scheduled for 7 p.m.
August 29, 2007Khan's hat-trick paves the way for 5-1 win over Kutztown
shepherdrams.comSophomore forward
Gregory Khan (Mt. Pleasant, Tobago/Bertile St. Clair) scored three goals to help lead Shepherd University to a 5-1 win over Kutztown University to make Shepherd head coach Jonathan Thayil’s debut a successful one in men’s soccer action at Shepherd on Wednesday.
Junior midfielder/forward Duncan Williams (Falling Waters,WV/Hedgesville/Winthrop), a point guard on the Shepherd men’s basketball team, gave the Rams a 1-0 lead when he scored on a feed from sophomore midfielder Kevin Poland (Olney, MD/Sherwood) at the 40:00 mark.
The Rams took a 2-0 lead into the break when Khan scored at the 42:00 mark with an assist from senior midfielder Leighton Meredith (Clarendon, Jamaica/Glenmuir). Khan added a pair of second tallies with both assists coming from sophomore defender Pat Norfolk (Olney, MD/Sherwood) to up the Ram advantage to 4-0.
James Robinson scored with an assist from Bill Frosoni for the Golden Bears to cut the lead to 4-1 at the 75:00 mark. Meredith closed out the scoring for the Rams when he connected on a penalty kick at the 78:00 mark. Shepherd improves to 1-0, while Kutztown falls to 1-2. The Rams return to action next Monday when they travel to Millersville for a 1:00 p.m. contest.
Jason Rudder scores the game-winner for East Stroudsburg
esu.eduSophomore forward
Jason Rudder’s goal in the 71st minute was the game-winner to give East Stroudsburg University a 2-1 victory in the second game of a doubleheader with Bloomsburg on a memorable night at Eiler-Martin Stadium. A crowd of 1,341 helped the Warriors unveil the lights at the stadium for the first time in a ceremony between games. ESU President Dr. Robert J. Dillman, Director of Athletics Dr. Tom Gioglio and Student Activities Association President Robb Ruiz were on hand for a ceremony on the track to thank all of those involved with making night contests at Eiler-Martin Stadium a reality.
Junior midfielder Roshane Ellison gave ESU a 1-0 lead 23:03 into the match with a quick strike from just outside the box. The lead held up until the 59th minute, when Christian Rota finished a chance created by Tom Kovack to tie the score at 1-1. The goal broke a scoreless streak of 517:55 for sophomore goalkeeper Larry Pokrywa, who has surrendered just four goals in more than 1200 minutes so far in his career. The next 10 minutes featured several golden scoring opportunities, but Pokrywa and Bloomsburg goalkeeper Jon Keller both turned away point-blank shots to maintain the tie. Pokrywa had five saves, and Keller was credited with three saves for the Huskies.
Rudder finally broke through with a goal off a corner kick with 18:47 remaining, with the assist coming from sophomore midfielder Toric Robinson. Robinson owns three of ESU’s five assists this season. ESU, which improved to 2-0 in the PSAC and 3-0 overall, will take on California (Pa.) in a PSAC match on Saturday at noon.
August 28, 2007Makesi Bostic receives WVIAC Player of the Week
davisandelkins.eduMakesi Bostic, Davis & Elkins, Sr., M, San Fernando, Trinidad: Bostic tallied a goal in each contest as Davis & Elkins took the championship of the West Chester Classic with a pair of victories over West Chester and Goldey Beacom...The senior midfielder tallied the match's only score in the 1-0 win over West Chester...He also notched a goal in Sunday's 5-2 triumph against Goldey Beacom.
Nyron Orr's lone goal lifts Missouri Baptist over Missouri ValleyFormer Roxborough Composite midfielder Nyron Orr, tallied the lone goal in Missouri Baptists 1-0 vctory over Missouri Valley College. Saul Bush and Brock Chatman were credited with the assist.
August 26, 2007Dolly and Farrier score, but Dolly takes the bragging rights
purpleknights.bridgeport.eduThe University of Bridgeport Purple Knights closed out the 2007 SCSU Autumn Classic with a 3-2 win over nationally ranked No. 6 Southern Connecticut State University. Sophomore Curt Sutherland (Branford, CT) had a 40 yard shot off a pass from senior Blaise Njie (Banjul, Gambia) to put UB up 1-0 for the first half. The second half started in favor of Southern Connecticut, Colin Jackson (Hartford, CT) scored in the first two minutes of play followed by
Ancil Farrier (Los Bajos, Trinidad) who put them ahead 2-1.
Junior
Nikhil Dolly (St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago) tied up the game with one touch shot off Njie's cross. At the ten minute mark of the second half, junior Habib Sylla (Conakry, Guinea) scored on a direct free kick that held until the close of the game. The Purple Knights conclude the weekend with a record of 2-0, while the Southern Owls move to 1-1 overall.
The University of Bridgeport Men's Soccer will travel to Franklin Pierce's Labor Day Classic on Thursday, August 30th to take on Nyack College.
