EASTON, Mass. (September 4, 2023) – Five Skyhawks found the back of the net this afternoon as the Stonehill College men's soccer team erupted for five second half goals to earn the 6-1 victory over Niagara University.
| Milliken opened the games scoring at the 11:16 mark of the first half for his third goal of the season. (PHOTO BY Brian Foley). |
Highlights
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Monday marked the first time that the Skyhawks would score six goals in a single game since defeating Saint Anselm, 6-2, back on October 30, 2015.
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Junior Colby Meyer and first year Tiago Bittencourt finished the game with second half braces.
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Senior captain Jacob Woznicki and junior Colin Milliken each recorded a goal and an assist on the afternoon.
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First-year student Derek Jaramilo dished out his first career assist on a corner kick attempt in the second half.
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Senior goalkeeper Carlos Dias Neto finished with four saves, including a penalty kick save, in going the full 90 minutes in goal for Stonehill.
Dias Neto kept the game at 4-1 in the second half diving to his right on a penalty kick attempt. (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes). |
How it Happened
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Niagara scored its lone goal of the contest on a penalty kick attempt in the 21st minute off the foot of Barnes to tie the game up at 1-1.
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Coming out for second half action tied up at one apiece, Stonehill scored early and often as Lima-Bittencourt found the back of the net off a pass from Woznicki in the 52nd minute to give the Skyhawks back the lead.
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Woznicki kept his solid game going, scoring a goal of his own just four minutes later and extending the Stonehill advantage to 3-1.
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Continuing to pour on the offense in the second half, Lima-Bittencourt netted his second goal of the game and second of his young career in the 63rd minute.
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The biggest moment on the defensive end of the field came in the 76th minute when Dias Neto dove to his right to stop a Purple Eagle penalty kick attempt.
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Meyer would cap off the Skyhawks scoring with a header off a corner kick from Jaramilo in the 77th minute before netting his second of the contest on an unassisted strike in the 84th minute.
Stonehill (1-1-2, 0-0-0 NEC) returns to action on Saturday when it hosts the University of Saint Thomas (Minn.) for a non-conference matchup at 12 p.m. on Skyhawk Field. Niagara (0-3-1, 0-0-0 MAAC) returns to action on Saturday, hosting Duquesne in a non-conference game at 7 p.m.
