Jersey City, N.J. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team recorded a 1-1 draw on the road against Saint Peter's University on Thursday in non-conference action.

"Pleased to come away with something in a difficult match after going down to 10 men," said Le Moyne head coach Callum Donnelly '17, M '21. "I am happy to see the fight in this team all the way down to the last minutes of the match. We have areas we need to improve on, but it's a good step in the right direction and we look forward to another difficult road match on Tuesday vs Lafayette," Donnelly added.

Le Moyne sophomore goalkeeper Matthew Gera (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) made three of his game total five saves during the first 30 minutes of the match, but the Saint Peter's Peacocks broke the 0-0 tie in the 36^th minute when graduate midfielder Fabian Schmid curled a free kick with his right foot into the upper right corner of the net.

The Dolphins outshot the Peacocks 9-4 during the second half. Le Moyne also took four corner kicks during the final 45 minutes compared to two for Saint Peter's.

Le Moyne nearly found the equalizing goal in the 56^th minute when redshirt-junior defender Jack Goodrich (Kelsall, England/King's School Chester) sent a pass into the box for redshirt-junior forward Noah Sperduto (Elmira, N.Y./Elmira) who cut back to his left and ripped a shot towards the bottom left corner of the net that was saved by Saint Peter's senior goalkeeper Pedro Alves.

A red card in the 82nd minute forced the Dolphins to play with 10 men for the final 8:50 of the match.

A minute and a half later, graduate midfielder Luca Nicastro (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean/St. Bonaventure) drew a foul on the left wing near the endline.

Nicastro took the free kick himself and drove a hard, low shot with his right foot that skipped past the Saint Peter's goalkeeper at the near post and into the back of the net to tie the score at 1-1 and record the Dolphins' first goal of the 2023 campaign.

Nicastro, who played 80 minutes during his Le Moyne debut at Penn State on Sunday, registered his first points as a Dolphin with the goal.

Neither team recorded a shot in the final 6:30, and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
 
The Dolphins (0-1-1) will play next on September 5 when they travel to Lafayette College to battle the Leopards.