Box Score BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (October 27, 2024) – Stonehill men's soccer dropped a Northeast Conference matchup at LIU Soccer Park, falling 2-0 to the Sharks on Sunday.
 
Highlights 

• With the win, LIU is now 3-0 all-time against Stonehill, winning the past two matches at home.
• Sophomore Tyler Sloan (Tallahassee, Fla.) made his second consecutive start in net and seventh overall for the Skyhawks, falling to 4-3-0 on the season.
• Stonehill is now 1-3-2 in NEC play, sitting in seventh place in the league. The Skyhawks have conference games against Chicago State and Central Connecticut State to end the season.
• LIU's Londell Wheeler and Niklas Thanhofer each netted goals for the Sharks, Wheeler's second of the season and Thanhofer's team-leading fourth. This was Thanhofer's first game since Sept. 29, scoring in the same minute he subbed into the game.
• Eoin Gawronski started in goal for the Sharks, posting his fourth shutout of the season as his record improved to 5-3-5.

How it Happened
After a scoreless first half, the Sharks opened the scoring in the 68th minute after a long throw-in from Wheeler into the box bounced around before Thanhofer made a play on the ball, rifling a left-footed shot past Sloan and a handful of Skyhawk defenders to give LIU a 1-0 lead.
 
Just a minute later, a deep pass from the Sharks' defensive zone went over the top of the Skyhawk back line to Wheeler, who slipped past everyone into the box, tapping in a right-footed shot past the outstretched arms of Sloan, increasing LIU's lead to 2-0.
 
Sloan made a handful of saves in the final 20 minutes of the game to keep Stonehill within two, but the Skyhawk offense couldn't muster any open looks as LIU secured the 2-0 win in an important NEC contest.
 
Up Next
Stonehill men's soccer (5-8-3, 1-3-2 NEC) hosts Chicago State (2-10-1, 1-4-1 NEC) at W.B. Mason Stadium next Sunday, Nov. 3, at 1 p.m. for the Skyhawks Senior Day.
 
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