SPARKILL, N.Y. - First-year Alvaro Macias-Cazorla (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain/The American School of Las Palmas) netted his first college goal, but the Saint Michael's College men's soccer team fell to regionally-ranked Saint Thomas Aquinas College by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday at Spartan Field. Saint Thomas Aquinas was 10th in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-2-1), Saint Thomas Aquinas (2-0-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Alvaro Macias-Cazorla (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain/The American School of Las Palmas), 1 goal
• Sophomore Xolo Miralles (Vinarós, Spain/IES Querol/Otero) 1 assist
• Sophomore Max Koons (Standish, Maine/Bonny Eagle), 4 saves in 45 minutes (college debut)
• Senior Liam Barrett (Saugus, Mass./Malden Catholic/UMass Lowell), 4 saves in 45 minutes of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kevon Evans, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Jalen Moni, 1 goal
• Sophomore Nicholas Sadorf, 1 goal
• First-year Joshua Ashie, 1 assist
• First-year Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson, 5 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Thomas Aquinas holds a 5-3-1 lead in the all-time series against Saint Michael's, dating back to their first meeting in 2005.
• The Purple Knights took four corner kicks, while the Spartans took nine.
• The Spartans outshot the Purple Knights 20-10.
• Saint Michael's used a total of 12 reserves during the match, while Saint Thomas Aquinas only used seven.

THE ACTION

• Sadorf got the scoring started in the 11th minute as an errant cross from a teammate found his foot and he was able to place the ball in the bottom right corner of the net to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead.
• Koons made a save on a penalty kick in the 14th minute to keep it a 1-0 game.
• The Spartans scored again in the 16th minute to extend their lead to 2-0, as Moni found the back of the net.
• Macias-Cazorla headed his goal in the 53rd minute to the top corner of the net on a cross from Miralles to cut the Spartans lead in half.
• Barrett made three saves in less than three minutes in between the 70:52 mark and the 73:09 mark.  
• In the 76th minute, Evans dribbled outside the box and sent the ball into the bottom left corner of the net to capture the third goal of the day for the Spartans.
• Only two more shots were taken between both teams in between Evans' goal and the end of the contest, both going wide of their respective nets.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Assumption University, 2 p.m.