North Easton, Mass. – The Le Moyne College men's soccer team took down Stonehill 3-0 to secure its first win of NEC play. Le Moyne scored twice in the first half and added one goal after halftime, finishing with 18 shots and six on goal.
Le Moyne (5-2-3), (1-0-1 NEC)
Starters: Dupell (GK), Kreuzpaintner, Lundstrom Svahnqvist, Ludemann, Palmer, Michitti, Karbownik, Allport, Huss, Weisser, Farris
Stonehill (2-6-2), (0-2 NEC)
Starters: Van Der Hagen (GK), Sohal, Hines, Thompson, Kuzmich, Sullivan, Vecchioli, Martino, Monteiro, Kahawai, Kempe.
Recap:
Stonehill generated the early chances, putting five shots and a corner kick on the board by 10:08 before Le Moyne broke through at 14:10 when junior forward
Rhys Allport (Wirral, England/Reaseheath) scored off an assist from graduate student forward
Oli Karbownik (Zabrze, Poland/Delbarton School (N.J.)/Seton Hall/Rider) for a 1-0 lead.
Le Moyne followed with immediate pressure, getting a shot from senior forward
Myles Palmer (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport/Roberts Wesleyan), a shot from redshirt junior
Vito Kreuzpaintner (Munich, Bavaria, Germany/FOS Nord/UNC Wilmington), and two corner kicks in less than a minute.
Stonehill pushed again through the middle of the half, including a Preston Thompson shot saved by senior goalkeeper
Wyatt Dupell (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) at 29:53, but Le Moyne added to the margin at 36:14 when redshirt junior
Felix Ludemann (Wrestedt, Germany/Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium Uelzen) scored from graduate student midfielder
Antonino Pagano's (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Syracuse/Coastal Carolina) assist. The Dolphins allowed only one more Stonehill shot after that and carried the 2-0 advantage into halftime.
Stonehill generated the first chances of the second half, but Dupell saved an attempt at 50:56 and Le Moyne came through a foul-heavy stretch still ahead 2-0. Ludemann added to the advantage at 59:31, scoring off an assist from Pagano to put Le Moyne in front 3-0. Le Moyne continued to create looks after the goal, with Pagano and redshirt sophomore forward
Aiden Granger (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) forcing saves and a corner kick following at 68:57, while Stonehill later answered with two corner kicks and a saved shot during a stretch of pressure through 79:49. The Dolphins closed the half with another attacking push, including five shots between 80:43 and 85:21 and a final corner at 89:29, and finished off the 3-0 win.
'Phins Highlights:
Ludemann scored twice and put two of his three shots on goal. Allport scored the game-winning goal and finished with two shots. Pagano recorded two assists and added two shots, one on goal. Dupell made four saves over 90 minutes and recorded a shutout.
What's Next:
Up next, Le Moyne soccer team hosts FDU on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 1 p.m. at Ted Grant Field.
