Senior co-captain Shaun Keeley's two goals bookended the scoring on the afternoon as he collected his fourth match-winner of the season in the second half.

Stonehill Stays Ahead of New Haven, 3-2

Keeley double the difference as Skyhawks win second-straight

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EASTON, Mass. (October 3, 2009) - Two goals from senior co-captain Shaun Keeley (Woburn, Mass./Woburn) provided the difference as Stonehill College picked up a 3-2 victory over the University of New Haven in Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer action at Skyhawk Field today.

Keeley scored the first and third goals for Stonehill, who also got a goal from junior Todd Shigo (Naples, Maine/Lake Region) just before the break. Sophomore Ross McWilliams (Kingston, R.I./South Kingstown) and freshmen Kristopher Brassard (Barre, Vt./Tilton School) and Anthony Campagnano (Schenectady, N.Y./Guilderland) each registered assists in the Skyhawks second-straight win.

New Haven fought back from a goal down twice to equalize with goals from junior Nick Dionne (Meriden, Conn./O.H. Platt) and sophomore Anthony Romano (Plainview, N.Y./Bethpage).

Junior goalkeeper Brandon McFarlane (Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) made three saves (all first half) to preserve the win for Stonehill. Sophomore J.J. Comeau (Wallingford, Conn./Mark T. Sheehan) posted two saves (both second half) in goal for New Haven. Shots finished even at 11 aside in the match, with corner kicks a slight advantage to the Skyhawks at 5-3.

Junior Todd Shigo put the Skyhawks in front just before the break with his first goal of the year.

Stonehill took its first lead 13:13 into the match when Brassard released Keeley with a long pass down the left flank. Keeley cut past one defender before chipping a shot over the charging Comeau. New Haven answered nine minutes later when the Skyhawks couldn't clear after a corner kick. Junior Nick Pezzente (Old Saybrook, Conn./Middlesex CC) headed the ball toward the right post where Romano got on the end of it for his third goal of the season at the 22-minute mark.

Stonehill regained the lead just before halftime as Campagnano connected with Shigo for a diving header at the left post for his first goal of the season at 38:08. New Haven equalized for a second time 8:03 into the second half as Dionne took a square ball from the right side by freshman Roberto Novoa (West Long Branch, N.J./Shore Regional), turned past a Stonehill defender and drove the ball past McFarlane for his first goal of the year.

Keeley provided his fourth match-winner of the season (team-best sixth goal in all) just under 12 minutes later with a header in the center of the 18 in the 65^th minute off a cross from the right side by McWilliams who had re-entered the match seconds before.

Stonehill (7-4-1, 3-4-1 NE-10) is off until next Saturday when it visits Saint Anselm College at 1 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Wednesday, October 21, to host Assumption College at 3:30 p.m. New Haven (1-9-0, 0-8-0 NE-10) visits 18^th-ranked Le Moyne College on Tuesday at 4 p.m.