EASSTON, Mass. (Oct. 8, 2026) – Senior
Preston Thompson registered a career game with a second-half hat trick and an assist as the Stonehill men's soccer team snapped a six-game skid with a 6-1 win over Chicago State on Thursday afternoon.
STONEHILL HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Preston Thompson recorded a career game with three goals and one assist for seven points.
- Thompson's hat-trick elapsed over a 10-minute span at the start of the second half.
- Senior Nate Monteiro tallied his second multi-goal game of the season with two goals.
- The Skyhawks outshot the Cougars, 34-10, including 17 shots on goal.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior
Nate Monteiro was the sparkplug for the Skyhawk offense, finding the back of the net in the sixth minute to put Stonehill in front, 1-0 early. Nine minutes later freshman
Vlad Shkolnikov connected with senior
Chris Hines who drill the ball past the diving Cougar goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
Moments before going into halftime, Monteiro gave the Skyhawks a 3-0 lead scoring his second goal of the game off a feed from senior
Preston Thompson.
Stonehill continued its momentum when the teams returned to the pitch at the start of the second half. Set up by a centering pass from junior
Julius Maiwaldt, senior
Andrew Bilbie knocked the ball towards Thompson, who put the Skyhawks in front 4-0.
Four minutes later, freshman
Hayden Xhokaxhiu connected with Thompson for the fifth Skyhawk goal. The Cougars were able to break up the clean sheet scoring in the 51
st minute but the Skyhawk offense answered five minutes later.
Thompson completed his hat trick heading a pass from Maiwaldt in the 56
th minute to extend the lead back to five.
UP NEXT
Stonehill returns to the pitch on Sunday, October 11 hosting Howard at 1 p.m.
