Oct. 26, 2002

Box Score

Flushing, N.Y. - Damani Ralph's two goals help to lift the No. 10 University of Connecticut men's soccer team past Adelphi University, 4-0, at the St. John's Daly Worldwide Communications Classic at Belson Stadium in Jamaica, NY on Saturday evening. UConn, taking its seventh shutout of the season, improved to 11-4-0 overall, while Adelphi fell to 4-9-1.

Last evening, UConn fell to St. John's, 1-0, on a Red Storm penalty kick in the first day action of the classic. Long Island University and Adelphi tied in a 1-1 double-overtime game.

UConn got on the board at the 21:20 mark of the first half on Ralph's team-leading 12th goal of the season. Adelphi's best opportunity of the half was in the 37th minute when Sigurd Riksfjord's initial shot was punched out by UConn keeper Adam Schuerman, he then took another shot which was hit out of the crease by Husky defenseman Marcus Svensson.

UConn opened the scoring gap 11:06 into the second half . Michael Mordocco shot the ball into the upper half of the net to put the Huskies up, 2-0. Leandro De Oliveira sent the pass into the center of the box to Ralph's feet, settled it and shot it into the lower right side of the net at the 67:29 mark of the game to take a 3-0 lead. UConn notched its fourth and final goal of the night with 15-minutes remaining in regulation.

Schuerman stopped two Adelphi shots on goal, while Igor Yatsenko and Stephen Elliot each played a half recording two saves. UConn out shot Adelphi, 19-4.

Adelphi returns to action on Friday, November 1, at Florida International. Kick off is at 7:30 p.m.