New Britain, Conn. – The Le Moyne men's soccer recorded a season-high three goals, and a season-best four assists on Sunday to secure its first victory in Northeast Conference action at Central Connecticut State and add three points in the NEC Standings.
During the Dolphins' 3-2 win over the Blue Devils, freshman forward
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen) and redshirt-junior forward
Noah Sperduto (Elmira, N.Y./Elmira) each scored their second goal of the season, sophomore midfielder
Cameron Stuart (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley) put away his first goal of the campaign, redshirt-junior defender
Jack Goodrich (Kelsall, England/King's School Chester) provided a career-best two assists, freshman forward
Kjell Knaak (Aukrug, Germany/Schule Hohe Geest) recorded his first career assist, and senior midfielder
David Bosak (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus/Onondaga C.C) registered his first assist as a Dolphin.
Le Moyne scored the first goal of the game in the 35
th minute when passes from Bosak and Goodrich led to a shot by Ludemann from the top of the box that was placed into the lower left corner of the goal.
CCSU junior midfielder Austin Rocke put away a penalty kick in the 62
nd minute to tie the game at 1-1, then Le Moyne regained the lead in the 78
th minute when Knaak sent a pass ahead for Stuart, who dribbled at his defender into the left side of the CCSU penalty area before hitting a left-footed shot past the diving goalkeeper and into the right side of the net.
Sperduto finished off a cross from Goodrich in the 83
rd minute to give the Dolphins a 3-1 lead, but Central Connecticut State answered back with a goal in the 89
th minute.
Le Moyne freshman goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) made his third and final save of the game with 49 seconds left to help the 'Phins secure the program's first ever Northeast Conference victory.
"It feels great to get our first win in such a big match," said Le Moyne head coach
Callum Donnelly '17, M '21, who recorded his first win as a head coach. "We've taken confidence from our performances up until now, and today it was about getting the three points. I am happy with the way we responded after giving up the equalizer. We kept pushing on and the group was hungry to score more goals to win the match. We have to be better at managing the game as we gave up a late soft goal. We have to keep building on the momentum we've created. It's a good start to conference play, but it's only a start. I'm happy for the boys. It's a good feeling to go away with three points on the road," Donnelly added.
Le Moyne outshot the Blue Devils by a tally of 10-7, marking the fourth consecutive game that Le Moyne has taken at least 10 shots and scored at least twice, and the Dolphins put seven of their shots on target. Both sides took five corner kicks during the match.
The Dolphins, who recorded a 2-2 draw against Stonehill in their NEC opener, now have four points in the conference standings, which has them tied at the top of the table with Saint Francis, FDU, LIU and Sacred Heart.
The 'Phins will play another conference road match at FDU on Thursday before playing their final non-conference match on October 10 at Stony Brook.
