Chicago, Ill. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team earned its second NEC win of the season in a 4-0 victory over Chicago State Thursday evening. The 'Phins scored all four goals in the first half and finished with a 29-6 advantage in shots, including 15-1 in shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) and redshirt sophomore
Scott Borden (Winter Springs, Fla./Florida Virtual School) recorded Le Moyne's sixth clean sheet of the season.
Le Moyne (6-2-4, 2-0-2 NEC)
Starters: Dupell (GK), Kreizpaintner, Lundstrom Svahnqvist, Ludemann, Palmer, Granger, Allport, Pagano, Ferrer, Huss, Farris
Chicago State (0-12-1, 0-4-1 NEC)
Starters: Mooketsi, Maida Jr. Stefano, Silva, Okumu, Herrera, Bhagebtsang, Valle, Gbalajobi, Gates II, Radulski, Jaime
Recap:
Senior forward
Myles Palmer (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport/Roberts Wesleyan) put Le Moyne in front at 5:21 off an assist from redshirt junior defender
Vito Kreuzpaintner (Munich, Bavaria, Germany/FOS Nord/UNC Wilmington). Graduate student midfielder
Antonino Pagano (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Syracuse/Coastal Carolina) forced a save from Jabulile Mooketsi at the 8:04 mark.
Kreuzpaintner scored at 10:36, Palmer added his second goal from Kreuzpaintner at 17:34, and redshirt-sophomore forward
Aiden Granger (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) finished a Palmer assist at 21:31 to make it 4-0. Le Moyne kept generating chances after the fourth goal, with Mooketsi saving shots from junior forward
Rhys Allport (Wirral, England/Reaseheath), redshirt junior forward
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen), sophomore midfielder
Anthony Patone (Pointe-Clair, Quebec/John Rennie) and graduate student forward
Jakob Priestman (Leek, England/Westwood/Missouri State) as the first half ended with Le Moyne ahead 4-0.
Le Moyne created the early second-half pressure, getting a save-forcing shot from junior midfielder
Giuliano Michitti (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) at 45:47, a Patone attempt wide at 46:46 and a shot off the top woodwork at 51:06 from freshman forward
Rey Reynolds (Port Washington, N.Y./Paul D Schreiber). The Dolphins continued to earn set-piece chances with corner kicks at 51:20, 55:15 and 58:57, while Reynolds added later shots in the 63
rd, 70
th and 74
th minutes, two of them saved by Jabulile Mooketsi. Chicago St. pushed back late, with Jaden Jaime hitting the top woodwork at 77:05, Lihle Simelane putting a shot on frame that Borden saved at 77:41 and Jaime sending another attempt wide at 79:04. Le Moyne had the final two shots of the half from redshirt-junior midfielder
Aaron Huskic (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) and graduate student forward
Oli Karbownik (Zabrze, Poland/Delbarton School (N.J.)/Seton Hall/Rider), the latter hitting the top woodwork at 88:32, and the scoreless second half closed out a 4-0 Le Moyne win.
'Phins Highlights:
Palmer scored two goals, added an assist and put all three of his shots on goal, including the game-winning goal. Kreuzpaintner finished with a goal and two assists on his only shot attempt. Granger added a goal on two shots. Ludemann led Le Moyne with six shots and put two on frame.
What's Next:
Up next, Le Moyne soccer team hosts Central Connecticut State University on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. at Ted Grant Field.
