Men's Soccer Dominates Pratt in 2022 Opener

When and Where: September 4, 2022 – Patchogue, NY (Danzi Stadium)

Records: St. Joseph's 1-0-0, Pratt 0-1-0

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's soccer team cruised to a 7-1 non-conference victory over Pratt in Sunday's season opener. 

Top performers

• Sophomore forward Vincent Mariani scored three goals on five shots
• Freshman Lucas Pelaez came on as a substitute as scored one goal and was credited with two assists in his collegiate debut
• Junior transfer Connor Owenburg was credited with two assists in his SJNY debut
• Sophomore defender Daniel Dacos had one goal and one assist

How it happened

• The Golden Eagles scored early and often. Mariani tallied his first two goals at 4:48 and 11:16 (2-0)
• Pelaez had an immediate impact, scoring at 31:40 (3-0)--moments after being introduced--and assisting on James Dacos' (4-0) goal 45 seconds later
• Mariani got his hat-trick goal at 73:32 (6-1) and Nick Pensavalle wrapped the scoring (7-1) at 75:00

Notes

• Five Golden Eagles registered their first points at St. Joseph's (D. Dacos, Owenburg, Pelaez, Pensavalle, and Anthony Guzzone
• James Dacos, who led SJNY with six assists last season, scored the first goal of his collegiate career
• Sophomore keeper Josh Lehr picked up the win in his first-career start

Up next

• The Golden Eagles return to action on Wednesday, September 7, when they host Drew University for a non-conference contest at 7:00 pm