Men's Soccer Suffers Defeat on Saturday Evening

When and Where: 

September 9, 2023 – Madison, NJ

Records: 

St. Joseph's 2-2-0, Drew 2-1-1

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) men's soccer team suffered a 3-0 defeat for their second loss of the season on Saturday evening.

Top performers

• Senior James Dacos registered shots with one shot on goal 

• Junior Giuseppe Vitale recorded a game-high six saves on nine shots faced 

• Tino Puentes, Ryan Fischer, and Jared Brown each totaled one goal for the Rangers

• Matt Agudelo and Thomas Zurkowski finished with one assist

How it happened

• Drew started the game strong with two scoring opportunities early with a with a shot from Brown and a header from Puentes were both turned away by Vitale 

• As the game entered the second half scoreless the Rangers capitalized on a corner in the 67th minute courtesy of Brown from Agudelo

• Just four minutes later Drew's Puentes fired a shot from the left side into the back of the net to take a 2-0 lead

• SJLI would commit a foul in the 85th minute leading to a free kick, that provided Drew with another header goal to sea the victory for the Rangers

Notes

• Drew controlled a 25-5 shots advantage 

• The Rangers had 10 corners compared to the Golden Eagles one

• The game was called with 1:30 left due to lightning 

Up next

• The Golden Eagles return to action on Wednesday, September 13 when they face New Jersey City University for a non conference matchup at 3:00 pm.