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Winner Saint Michael's STM (3-8-4, 3-4-3 NE10)
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New Haven UNH (1-10-4, 1-7-3 NE10)
Winner
Saint Michael's STM
(3-8-4, 3-4-3 NE10)
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Final
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New Haven UNH
(1-10-4, 1-7-3 NE10)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Michael's STM 1 1 2
New Haven UNH 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Claims Important 2-1 Win at New Haven on Alers Rivera's Late Goal

WEST HAVEN, Conn. - Junior Omar Alers Rivera (San Sebastián, Puerto Rico/Escuela Antolina Vélez Interamericana de Aguadilla) struck for his first college goal in the 72nd minute to send the Saint Michael's College men's soccer team past the University of New Haven, 2-1, on Saturday at Kathy Zolad Stadium.

With one regular-season game remaining, the Purple Knights are tied for ninth in the Northeast-10 Conference standings, just one point outside the top eight. The NE10 takes the top eight into its postseason.

RECORDS

  • Saint Michael's (3-8-4, 3-4-3 NE10), New Haven (1-10-4, 1-7-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

  • Alers Rivera, 1 goal
  • Sophomore Brock Martindale (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour), 1 goal
  • Sophomore Amos Schramm (Sagard, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Germany/Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium), 1 assist
  • Senior Liam Barrett (Saugus, Mass./Malden Catholic/UMass Lowell), 3 saves in 41:44
  • Junior Ian Boudreau (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury), 1 save in 48:16 of relief, win

OPPONENT LEADERS

  • First-year Guillem Barnils, 1 goal
  • Sophomore Themis Kastoris, 1 save

GAME FACTS

  • The Purple Knights are 3-1-2 in their last six games.
  • Schramm ran his points streak to four games, with two goals and two assists in that time.
  • The contest was the eighth straight between the teams decided by a goal or less, as Saint Michael's improved to 7-6-1 in the series with its first win at New Haven since Sept. 29, 2015.
  • The Purple Knights held a 6-5 edge in corner kicks, while the Chargers had a 15-11 lead in shots.

THE ACTION

  • Saint Michael's struck in the 23rd minute, as Schramm sent a corner kick entry to Martindale, who bodied a shot that snuck between Kastoris and the right post.
  • Barnils leveled the teams at 56:38, slipping a shot from just outside the right corner of the box beyond a charging Boudreau after taking a long lead pass from first-year Thomas Oros.
  • The Purple Knights went ahead in the 72nd minute. First-year Jack Andrews (Beverly, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) centered to senior Isaiah McCaskill (Springfield, Mass./Springfield Renaissance School/Becker), who changed direction in the middle of the box while closely guarded and had the ball knocked off his foot, but a trailing Alers Rivera pounced on the loose ball and drilled a close-range shot that redirected off of a Charger field player and in.
  • Boudreau denied a late bid by New Haven, leaping to punch a cross directly upwards before jumping to secure the ball under pressure midway through the 89th minute.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

  • Tuesday at regionally-ranked The College of Saint Rose, 4 p.m.
  • The Golden Knights were eighth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll and among 12 squads ranked in the first NCAA Super-Region 1 standings.
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