Southern Connecticut Slips Past Stonehill, 1-0
Panzu's second half marker
the difference
Boxscore
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (September
26, 2009) - Southern Connecticut State University, ranked
ninth in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, got a second half goal to edge
Stonehill College in Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer action at
Jess Dow Field tonight.
Sophomore forward Cedric
Panzu (Mons-En-Baroeul,
France) broke the deadlock with his
second goal of the season 9:58 into the second half. He got on the
end of a cross from the right side by classmate Paul
Templeton (Saltcoats, Scotland) and headed it into the
left corner. Southern was credited with a 16-1 advantage in shots
for the second half after the two sides played through a scoreless
first half with a combined eight shots.
Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew
Esposito (East Haven, Conn./East Haven) made four saves
(three first half) to preserve his first shutout of the season.
Junior Brandon McFarlane (Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free
Academy) finished with seven stops in goal for Stonehill.
Stonehill nearly opened the scoring
in the 20th minute when sophomore Michael White
(Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) got through the Southern
backline and found himself on a breakaway. However, Esposito
charged off his line and made a kick save on White's shot attempt
to keep the match scoreless.
Stonehill (5-4-1, 1-4-1 NE-10)
returns home on Tuesday to host the University of Massachusetts
Lowell at 4 p.m. Southern Connecticut (6-2-1, 3-1-1 NE-10) visits
The College of Saint Rose on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
