COLCHESTER, Vt. - Six players scored, two goalkeepers combined on a shutout, and the Saint Michael's College men's soccer team used its depth to down Daemen University, 7-0, on Wednesday at Duffy Field.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-1), Daemen (1-2)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Jack Andrews (Beverly, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), 2 goals
- Junior Lucas Schwalbe-Goodwin (Radstock, United Kingdom/Bath College/West Virginia Wesleyan), 2 assists
- Senior Xolo Miralles (Vinaròs, Spain/IES Leopoldo Querol/Otero), 1 goal
- Junior Chris Qirjazi (Salem, Mass./Salem), 1 goal
- Sophomore Iago Lopez (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca), 1 goal
- Sophomore Joey Manley (Burlington, Vt./Vermont Academy), 1 goal
- First-year Preston Blay (Otsego, Minn./Rogers), 1 goal (1st career)
- Senior Garrett Smith (Gorham, Maine/Bridgton Academy/Bryant), 1 save in 78:32, win
- Junior Ian Uecker (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield/Iona), 1 save in 11:28 of relief (college debut)
OPPONENT LEADERS
- First-year Dylan Delaney, 5 saves
GAME FACTS
- Saint Michael's scored as many as seven goals for only the ninth time in program history, but for just the second time against an NCAA Division II school, after also potting seven on Oct. 15, 1994, at home versus Northeast 10 Conference foe American International College.
- The Purple and Gold tied a school record with seven assists, previously reached against Windham College on Oct. 30, 1963.
- The Purple Knights evened the all-time series at 1-1-2.
THE ACTION
- The Purple Knights went ahead in the 12th minute on Andrews' header out front from Butler's cross from the right flank. Schwalbe-Goodwin added the secondary helper.
- In the 16th minute, Smith stretched to make a leaping save of a shot ticketed for the upper right corner by first-year Keegan Herrmann to keep his team in front.
- Lopez doubled the lead during the 44th minute, one-touching home senior Mikel Penin's (Bergara, Basque Country/Ipintza Institutua/Spring Hill) cross from the left end line after Miralles sprung Penin with a through ball.
- Miralles found shooting space in the 49th minute to pick the upper right corner, and junior Evan Richardson's (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) centering touch from the right post was tapped in by Andrews in the 52nd minute. Schwalbe-Goodwin again assisted.
- The Purple Knights added three goals in a 10:44 stretch during the late stages. Senior Ryan Noci's (Peabody, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) long serve was touched over the keeper by Qirjazi at 72:09, Blay blasted a shot from the top of the box beyond a diving Delaney for his first college goal with 80:08 gone, and Manley tallied from the middle of the box directly off of a Daemen player passing the ball from first-year Anthony Napoletano's (Newington, Conn./Newington) feet at 82:53.
- In the meantime, Uecker maintained the shutout by batting away first-year Thomas Wikan's point-blank drive from the right side of the box in the 82nd minute.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Sunday vs. D'Youville University, 11 a.m.
