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Men's Soccer Downs Stonehill 5-1 To Remain Undefeated at Home

Box Score

THE BASICS:

Score: Assumption 5, Stonehill 1

- Records: Assumption (4-4, 3-2 NE-10); Stonehill (3-5, 1-3  NE-10)

Location: Worcester, Mass. (Multi Sports Stadium)

The Lead: The Assumption College men's soccer team fell behind 1-0 early, but asnwered in a big with the final five goals of the contest to remainin unbeaten at home and improve to 3-2 in the Northeast-10 with a 5-1 win over Stonehill on Tuesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Assumption went down 1-0 just ten minutes into the first half as Skyhawk Keegan Nutt fired a shot that richoched off the cross bar and Mathew Mesiti was there to clean it up for the 1-0 lead.

- The Hounds were relentless offensively after the Stonehill goal, and in the 36th minute mark broke through as Matt Gilson (Cumberland, R.I. / Mount Saint Charles Academy) scored on a pass into the box from teammate Simon Trcka (Prague, Czech Republic/ Thornton Acad).

- Just four minutes later Trcka got in on the action as he ripped a shot from 35 yards the skimmed the bottom of the crossbar before Skyhawk goalkeeper Conor McDonough could get a hand on it.

- Johnny Aviza (Medway, Mass./ Medway) added the third Hound goal in the 57th minute, and Jason Lages (Edgartown, Mass. / Martha's Vineyard Regional) stretched the lead to 4-0 less than a minute later. Madison Barnwell (Quincy, Mass. / Boston College HS) scored the final goal in the game  in the 77th minute for the four-goal victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

- Hound goalkeeper Brian Murray (Camas Wash./ Camas) had four saves in his 77 minutes of play, including a save on a penalty shot, before Matthew Skydel (Cheshire, Conn./ Cheshire) took over for the remaining 13 minutes on action. McDonough made five saves and was charged with the loss for Stonehill.

- Assumption totaled 17 shots and four corner kicks while Stonehill had ten shots and six corner kicks.

- The three conference wins for Assumption has already surpassed their total from a season ago, and they have outscored NE-10 opponents 9-5 through five conference contests.

UP NEXT:

- The Hounds are back in action on Friday at home as they play American International at 7 pm.

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Players Mentioned

Johnny Aviza

#27 Johnny Aviza

D
6' 2"
Senior
Matt Gilson

#8 Matt Gilson

M
5' 11"
Senior
Jason Lages

#10 Jason Lages

F
6' 1"
Freshman
Brian Murray

#0 Brian Murray

GK
6' 0"
Freshman
Matthew Skydel

#26 Matthew Skydel

GK
5' 10"
Sophomore
Simon Trcka

#14 Simon Trcka

F
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Johnny Aviza

#27 Johnny Aviza

6' 2"
Senior
D
Matt Gilson

#8 Matt Gilson

5' 11"
Senior
M
Jason Lages

#10 Jason Lages

6' 1"
Freshman
F
Brian Murray

#0 Brian Murray

6' 0"
Freshman
GK
Matthew Skydel

#26 Matthew Skydel

5' 10"
Sophomore
GK
Simon Trcka

#14 Simon Trcka

6' 0"
Freshman
F