Sept. 12, 2008

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University men's soccer team played host to Sacred Heart University on Friday, September 12 in their home opener. The Panthers trailed 1-0 at the half, but blitzed the Pioneers with 12 shots in the second half on their way to a 3-1 win. The victory gives Adelphi an overall record of 1-4, while Sacred Heart falls to 1-3.

Both teams played even in the opening minutes until Mario Mililli found some space 35 yards out and skipped a ball off the turf past the outstretched arms of Adelphi goal keeper Thorne Holder. Mililli's tally gave the Pioneers a 1-0 advantage heading into the half.

Just 4:56 into the second half of action the Panthers got the equalizer as Val Charalambous sent a free kick into the Pioneer box. Alexander Kouznetsov was able to get a head on the Charalambous strike and sent the ball past Matt Jones, knotting the game at one.

The Panthers kept the pressure on and it paid off at the 64 minute mark when Charalambous sent another ball across the Sacred Heart box. This time the ball slipped past a streaking Patrick Figueiredo but found the foot of Stephen Fregosi, who sent the ball home, giving Adelphi a 2-1 lead.

Adelphi put the game out of reach in the 77th minute as Kemalie Preston played a ball through a Sacred Heart defense that was pushing up field. Figueiredo was able to run onto Preston's ball and found himself one-on-one with Jones and beat the Pioneer netminder easily.

Holder made three saves in the win, while Jones picked up four. The Panthers out shot Sacred Heart 19-12 and collected 12 corner kicks to the Pioneers 3.

Adelphi returns to action on Sunday, September 14 when they play host to Oregon State University at 1:00pm.