DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men's soccer team took down Mitchell College on Tuesday night in non-conference action by a final score of 5-1. First year
Nick Scanlon led the Corsairs with his two-goal performance along with one assist for a career-high five points. UMass Dartmouth improved to a 4-2-1 overall record with the dominant home win over the Mariners who dropped to 1-5 overall.
First year
Leonardo Alfama put the Corsairs on top 1-0 approximately 21 minutes into the opening half. Classmate
Maddox Canario slipped the ball forward to Alfama who outpaced his defender to squeeze a shot into the back of the net and tally his first collegiate goal for the Corsairs. Sophomore
Daniel Jordan doubled UMass Dartmouth's advantage in the 31
st minute to make it a 2-0 game. Sophomore
Delano Costa fed a pass behind Mitchell's backline that Jordan collected to fire a shot on target. Mariners goalkeeper Jesse Jenkins recorded the save however Jordan maintained possession and calmly tapped the ball in to give the Corsairs a two-goal lead.
In the final ten minutes of the half, sophomore
Derrick Camara joined in on the scoring at the 37:42 mark to extend UMass Dartmouth to a 3-0 lead. Scanlon arced the ball high over Mitchell's defense to Camara who made a sliding effort to sneak the ball past Jenkins for his second goal of the season. Less than two minutes before halftime, Scanlon ripped a left-footed shot from the top of the box that deflected off Jenkins and rolled into the back of the net to pull the Corsairs away with a 4-0 lead.
Scanlon picked up where he left in the second half, netting his second goal of the night four minutes into play to take a 5-0 advantage over Mitchell. At the 65:06 mark, junior
Cole Berman posted his first save of the game to deny a chance by Flavio Alvarado. Shortly after, the Mariners capitalized on a free kick that Diego Chavez curved into the top left corner to make it a 5-1 contest, but the Corsairs held on to secure their fourth win of the season by a final score of 5-1 from Cressy Field.
Scanlon finished the night with a career-high five points after scoring two goals and dishing out one assist. Jordan recorded his fifth score of the season as well as his second game-winner after registering 4-of-5 shots on frame. Camara netted his second goal of the year along with his first assist as a Corsair for three points while Alfama notched his first collegiate goal for UMass Dartmouth in the win.
Berman earned his first career start in net as well as his first collegiate win for the Corsairs. Berman posted two saves and allowed just one goal in the entire game while his counterpart recorded four stops and allowed five goals for the Mariners.
UMass Dartmouth returns to Little East Conference (LEC) action on Saturday, September 20
th hosting the Owls of Keene State College at 3:00 p.m. from Cressy Field.
