Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team were defeated 1-0 at Ted Grant Field on Sunday. The Dolphins generated 18 shots, including nine in each half, and put 10 on goal but were held scoreless. The Dolphins allowed one goal in the first half and finished with a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks.
Le Moyne (6-3-4, 2-1-2 NEC)
Starters: Dupell (GK), Kreuzpaintner, Lundstrom Svahnqvist, Ludemann, Palmer, Granger, Allport, Pagano, Ferrer, Huss, Farris
CCSU (5-7-1, 3-1-1 NEC)
Starters: Fitzgerald (GK), Rau, McConnery, Lilleholt Klevberg, Vigil, Wright, Kapetanovic, Marin, Gonzalez Pecharroman, Recinos, Gallagher
Recap:
The Dolphins took the first attempt at :32 on junior forward
Rhys Allport's (Wirral, England/Reaseheath) shot wide right, and senior goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) kept the match scoreless with saves on Antony Recinos at 6:49 and Miguel Gonzalez Pecharroman at 17:31.
Central Conn. St. broke through at 19:15 when Santiago Marin converted a penalty kick, putting the Dolphins behind 1-0. The Dolphins pushed back with redshirt junior defender
Vito Kreuzpaintner (Munich, Bavaria, Germany?FOS Nord/UNC Wilmington) missing left at 23:40, then sophomore defender
Kellen Farris (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne), redshirt junior forward
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen) and senior forward
Myles Palmer (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport/Roberts Wesleyan) forced saves by Carter Fitzgerald around a 36:24 corner kick.
After Dupell stopped Ben-Martin Wilkinson at 39:27, Palmer tested Fitzgerald again at 41:46 and Ludemann added another shot at 42:20, but the half ended with Central Conn. St. ahead 1-0.
The Dolphins pushed early in the second half with Central Conn. St. ahead 1-0, earning corner kicks at 46:34 and 47:47 before putting five shots toward goal from 53:12 to 55:29. Carter Fitzgerald saved attempts from sophomore midfielder
Anthony Patone (Pointe Clair, Quebec/John Rennie), Ludemann and senior defender
Maximilian Huss (Karben, Germany/Elly-Heuss-Schule) during that stretch, and Allport sent a shot out top as the Dolphins continued to chase the equalizer.
Central Conn. St. answered with chances of its own, including back-to-back shots saved by Dupell in the 58th minute, before Dupell was shown a red card at 75:33. The Dolphins still generated a late push with shots from Kreuzpaintner, Allport and redshirt sophomore forward
Aiden Granger (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) between 83:35 and 85:07, but Fitzgerald saved Granger's attempt and Central Conn. St. held on for the 1-0 final.
'Phins Highlights:
Dupell recorded five saves while playing 75:33 in goal. Ludemann finished with four shots and put three on goal. Palmer also tallied four shots, including two on frame.
What's Next:
Up next, the Dolphins travel to Erie, Pa., to face Mercyhurst University on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m.
