Men’s Soccer Blanked by Nichols on Senior Day, 2-0
October 25, 2014

Men’s Soccer Blanked by Nichols on Senior Day, 2-0

QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to Nichols on Senior Day at Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday.

The Lions slip to 5-11-1 on the year and 1-6-1 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference with the loss. The Bison improve to 10-2-4 overall and 5-1-2 in the league with the win.

The match headed into the intermission deadlocked at 0-0. The home team recorded three shots in the first half while the guests fired 10.

Nichols broke the 0-0 tie in the 51st minute to claim a one-goal advantage. Felipe Schiller de Rezende slotted home his second goal of the fall off of an assist by David Melanson.

The Bison added a score in the 81st minute to double the margin to 2-0. Tiago Prazeres curled in a free kick to pick up his second tally of the season.

Eastern Nazarene finished the contest with five shots after mustering just two shots in the second stanza. Nichols attempted 25 shots on the afternoon.

Chris Garcia (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Jacob Mason (Southport, England) each fired two shots in the game to lead the Lions.

Jameson MacFarland (Jacksonville, Fla.) turned aside eight shots in his first career start in goal. Jeremy Nash and Alex Geas split the match in net for the visitors. Nash made a pair of saves while Geas went untested.

Prior to the start of the contest, the Eastern Nazarene men's soccer team honored its six seniors: Austin Boucher (Mansfield, Mass.), Will Campbell (Anchorage, Alaska), Jared Corbin (Fallston, Md.), Scott Hansen (Middletown Springs, Vt.), Josh Henry (Lowell, Mass.) and Jake Johnson (Mount Bethel, Pa.).

Looking ahead, Eastern Nazarene will host Endicott October 28 in the final regular season match.

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