Garden City, N.Y. - The No. 1 Adelphi University men's soccer team fought back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to post a 2-1 come-from-behind victory against Southern New Hampshire University in a Northeast-10 Conference tilt Saturday night at Motamed Field.

It was the Panthers' third-consecutive one-goal decision and their fourth match decided by one goal this season. Adelphi improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the NE10 with the win.

Trailing 1-0 at the break, the Panthers quickly leveled the score in the latter half. Only 5:19 into the period, Paolo Marciano was fouled just outside the box for a free kick. Off the re-start, Marciano curled a shot inside the near post for the equalizer. It was Marciano's seventh goal of the year. He is also now riding a six-game goal-scoring streak.

In the 65th minute, Adelphi took the lead for good. It was no better time for Tim de Meij to register his first collegiate goal.

After Alessandro Corti's initial shot was blocked, the ball caromed to the feet of George Yusuff, who played a touch to an oncoming de Meij. The sophomore then punched a shot into the lower-right corner of the net for the go-ahead score.

Despite being outshot 14-9 in the match, the Panthers held the Penmen (2-4-1, 0-3 NE10) without a single shot on goal for the final 45 minutes.

In his return to goal, Adelphi senior netminder Matt Apicella made two saves in the winning effort. Sophomore keeper Patrick Quinn stopped one shot for SNHU.

Head Coach Gary Book and the Panthers return to action Tuesday (Oct. 1), when they travel to New Haven, Conn. for a 7 p.m. showdown at NE10 rival Southern Connecticut State University.