Men's Soccer Shuts Out Old Westbury on Senior Day

When and Where

October 14, 2023 – Patchogue, NY

Result

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's soccer team won its fourth conference match of the season with, a 4-0 victory over Old Westbury on Saturday.

Records

St. Joseph's 7-5-1, (4-3-1 Skyline)

Old Westbury 4-6-1, (2-4-1 Skyline) 

Top performers

• Junior Vincent Mariani finished with a game-high two goals

• Sophomore Lucas Pelaez added one goal with five total shots

• Seniors Connor Owenburg and James Dacos each contributed an assist 

• Junior Giuseppe Vitale produced another shutout with nine saves on nine shots

How it happened

• The Golden Eagles found the back of the net midway through the first half when a cross deflected off multiple defenders until Dacos got a right foot on it to find Pelaez who buried it

• Early into the second half St. Joseph's would garner five different scoring opportunities but OW was able to keep the chances away keeping the game within one

• Mariani opened SJLI's counterattack by collecting the ball at midfield and dribbling past multiple defenders to fire a shot just at the top of the box into the lower right corner of the goal

• St. Joseph's held a strong defense when Owneburg found the ball to play it forward where the sprinting Mariani was able to beat a defender and keeper to put it away to seal the 4-0 win 

Notes

• SJLI held a 22-11 shot advantage

• The Golden Eagles finished with six corner kicks compared to Old Westbury's 5

• Two yellow cards and one red card were issued all on behalf of the Panthers

• Seniors Chris Veintimilla, Nicholas Mohaupt, and Mike McGuire were all honored during a pre-match ceremony 

Up next

• The Golden Eagles return to action on Tuesday, October 17 when they travel to take on United States Merchant Marine Academy in a Skyline Conference matchup at 7:00 pm.