COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team defeated Roberts Wesleyan University, 1-0, during non-conference play on Tuesday at Duffy Field. First-year Joey Manley (Burlington, Vt./Vermont Academy) scored in the 72nd minute on an assist from junior Muntasir Ahmed (Portland, Maine/Bridgton Academy/West Virginia Wesleyan) to propel the Purple Knights to victory.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-5-1), Roberts Wesleyan (5-5-1)

• First-year Joey Manley (Burlington, Vt./Vermont Academy), 1 goal
• Junior Muntasir Ahmed (Portland, Maine/Bridgton Academy/West Virginia Wesleyan), 1 assist
• Junior Garrett Smith (Gorham, Maine/Bridgton Academy/Bryant), 4 saves

• Junior Eric Jewson, 5 saves

• The Purple Knights held a 14-11 lead in shots, while the Redhawks had a 4-2 edge in corner kicks.
• The Purple and Gold is now 5-1-1 in non-conference games this season.
• The Redhawks were 4-1 in their last five games before the loss today.

• Roberts Wesleyan nearly broke the stalemate in the 19th minute when sophomore Myles Palmer took a shot at the top of the box, but his attempt was denied by Smith, who made a jumping save to send the shot over the crossbar.
• The Purple Knights had back-to-back chances in the 20th minute when Ahmed's shot was blocked by a Redhawk defender, and sophomore Ronnie Riby-Williams' (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier) rebound follow-up was just high of the upper right corner.
• Junior Drew Kull (Rochester, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) made a goal line stop in the 34th minute on a strike from Palmer to keep the game at 0-0.
• Junior Ryan Noci (Peabody, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) nearly gave the Purple Knights the lead in the 50th minute, but his chance was just high of the upper left corner of the net.
• Manley scored in the 72nd minute after a heel flick on from Ahmed gave him space to take a left footed strike and find the bottom right of the net to make the score 1-0.
• Senior Benjamin Lazcano Barros had a shot on goal just five minutes after Manley's conversion, but Smith made the stop on what was the Redhawks' final shot on goal of the afternoon.

• Saturday at Assumption University, 3 p.m.