COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team lost to regionally-ranked American International College, 4-0, on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference action at Duffy Field. The Yellow Jackets were sixth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-9-3, 0-6-1 NE10), AIC (7-4-3, 4-2-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Junior Cristian Torres (Meriden, Conn./Xavier/Central Connecticut State), 3 saves
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Max-Paul Busnel, 3 goals
- Sophomore Gonçalo Nolasco, 2 assists
- Sophomore Liam Smith, 2 assists
- Graduate student Tomos Shyamapant, 1 goal
- Graduate student Javier Solá Martinez, 4 saves
THE ACTION
- On the game's first shot, Shyamapant gave AIC the lead for good, finishing Sandro Alvarez Jimenez's cross from the left wing in the 10th minute.
- Senior Bennett Yeboah (Manchester, Conn./CREC Civic Leadership/Saint Francis [Pa.]) had both of his team's shots on goal in the opening half, with his first in the 12th kicked away by a sliding Martinez after Yeboah got behind the back line and had only the netminder to beat at the top of the box. His second bid, in the 33rd minute, came under pressure from the final AIC defender and forced Martinez to leap and catch a shot from the edge of the box.
- Busnel, who started the game on the bench, put the contest away with a natural hat trick in a matter of 2:18 early in the second half. He touched home a left-footed shot at 50:29, one-touched Smith's cross into the box at 52:03, and headed graduate student Marco Cabrera's cross just 44 seconds after that.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Wednesday vs. regionally-ranked Bentley University, 3 p.m.
- The Falcons were 10th in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
