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Siena 1, NJIT 0 Buffalo 2, Siena 0 UMass 1, Siena 0
August 30 – Loudonville, N.Y. September 2 – Loudonville, N.Y. September 6 – Amherst, Mass.
The Siena men’s soccer team won its first game Siena men’s soccer took its first loss of the Siena men’s soccer lost 1-0 to UMass in the
of the season 1-0 against NJIT in Loudonville. season by a score of 2-0 to the University at final minutes in Amherst. Chris Brown headed
Junior Bobby Di Filippo finished the lone goal Buffalo at Siena Field. Bulls’ defender Steffen the game-winner into the back of the net in the
on a header from a Mike DeSimone cross in the Thoresen tallied the game-winning goal in the 89th minute.
80th minute. 40th minute on a free kick from midfield.
UMass (2-1-0) outshot the Saints (1-2) 27-8, but
The NJIT Highlanders (0-1) controlled most of Buffalo (2-0) and Siena (1-1) brought the physical couldn’t get on the scoreboard until the closing
the first-half action, outshooting the Saints 9-4. play early in the first half with seven fouls apiece. minutes of regulation. Siena goalkeeper Steve
Both Siena captains, senior Ross Cardinell and In the 14th minute, a Bulls’ foul sparked a skirmish Skonieczny made a season-high 11 saves.
sophomore Sebastien Anzevui left the game in front of the visitor’s bench resulting in yellow UMass keeper Zack Simmons made three
with head injuries in the opening minutes. cards on Siena’s Sebastien Anzevui and Buffalo’s saves, earning the shutout.
Cardinell did not return. Dan Bulley (who was on the bench at the time).
Siena picked it up offensively in the second half,
NJIT’s Osvaldo Perez led all players with nine Siena and Buffalo traded chances in the first half. taking seven of their eight shots in the final 35
shots (two on goal), patrolling the central mid- Junior Bobby Di Filippo had a breakaway in the minutes. The Saints registered all three shots
field and routinely hitting long-range shots. 27th minute – 30 seconds after entering the on goal in the second half.
Siena’s (1-0) back line of Brian Woodfield,
game – but Buffalo’s goalkeeper Robert
Sophomore Ben Arikian was credited with the
David Bonzerato, Joseph Tempone and Zach
Shuttleworth came out and blocked the shot away.
assist on Brown’s goal after he placed the direct
Gosse protected the defensive third well, only Buffalo got on the scoreboard in the 40th minute kick towards the left post. Brown leapt out of
allowing four shots on goal throughout the game. on a free kick from midfield. Junior Steffen traffic to flick the ball with his head past the
Goalkeeper Steve Skonieczny stopped those Thoresen hit a long ball which sailed over every- charging Skonieczny in the 89th minute.
four shots, recording his fourth career shutout. one, including the leaping Saints’ goalkeeper
1st 2nd Final
The second half saw more offense from the
Steve Skonieczny. Skonieczny made a game-
UMass (2-1-0) 0 1 1
Saints, putting six of their eight shots on goal. In
high eight saves.
Siena (1-2-0) 0 0 0
the 58th minute, DeSimone got behind the Buffalo outshot Siena 11-5 in the first half and
UM – Chris Brown (Ben Arikian), 88:52
defense, only to be stopped by the Highlanders’ 22-9 overall.
goalkeeper Josh Osit, who came charging out
Shots – UMass 27, Siena 8
The Bulls extended their lead in the 66th minute
to deflect the shot.
when junior Alex Marrello sent a pass from the top
Saves – Siena 11, UMass 3
Perez had a chance to give the Highlanders the of the box to the left side where freshman Rich Corners – UMass 10, Siena 2
lead in the 69th minute when he received a ball Wilson ran onto it and hit a shot that squeezed
Fouls – UMass 14, Siena 11
in the box but waited a second too late, allowing under a sprawling Skonieczny. Siena had their
Woodfield to come sliding in and block the shot. last good chance in the 80th minute when senior
Offsides – Siena 4, UMass 4
With ten minutes left in the game, Anzevui sent a
Mike DeSimone stole a pass from Shuttleworth
Attendance – 417
corner through the box. DeSimone corralled the
in the middle of the field, whirled around and hit
ball on the far end line and sent a cross to Di
the ball up to sophomore Joe Tavernese who
Filippo who
turned with space, but hit the shot wide.
headed the ball into the back of the
net. It was Di Filippo’s second career game-win- 1st 2nd Final
ning goal, and DeSimone’s fourth career assist. Buffalo (2-0) 1 1 2
Today’s game was Gareth Elliott’s first career
Siena (1-1) 0 0 0
win as a head coach. B – Steffen Thoresen, 39:55
1st 2nd Final B – Rich Wilson, 65:17
Siena (1-0-0) 0 1 1
Shots – Buffalo 22, Siena 9
NJIT (0-1-0) 0 0 0
S – Bobby Di Filippo (Mike DeSimone), 79:40
Saves – Siena 8, Buffalo 2
Corners – Buffalo 8, Siena 3
Shots – NJIT 21, Siena 12
Fouls – Siena 11, Buffalo 9
Saves – NJIT 5, Siena 4
Offsides – Buffalo 7, Siena 2
Corners – Siena 4, NJIT 4
Fouls – NJIT 8, Siena 7
Cards – YC – Sebastien Anzevui (Siena), 13:13
Offsides – NJIT 3, Siena 0
YC – Zach Gosse (Siena), 58:16
Attendance – 245
YC – Lucas Bassan (Buffalo), 13:13
Attendance – 210
Brian Woodfield
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