Men’s Soccer Edged by New England College 1-0 in NECC Finals
November 5, 2022

Men’s Soccer Edged by New England College 1-0 in NECC Finals

QUINCY, Mass.- The top-seeded Eastern Nazarene College men's soccer team suffered a 1-0 loss to No. 2 seed New England College Saturday night in the New England Collegiate Conference Tournament championship match at Veterans Memorial Stadium.


THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 0, New England College 1
Records: Lions (7-7-5) | Pilgrims (9-7-3)


HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Eastern Nazarene and New England College headed into the halftime intermission deadlocked at 0-0 after the Lions held a 9-3 edge in shots through 45 minutes of action.
  • The Pilgrims chalked up the go-ahead goal in the 83rd minute to snag a 1-0 lead. Joaquin Sanchez-Korenfeld headed in his team-leading seventh tally of the season off of a corner kick by Robenson Saintil.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

  • Antonio Soto Valente (Maracaibo, Venezuela) recorded a pair of saves in his 10th start of the year.
  • Eastern Nazarene finished the match with 17 shot attempts and six corner kicks.
  • Rafael Romero (Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain), Bryan Vargas (San Jose, Costa Rica), and Mattia Zuin (Mexico City, Mexico) all registered three shots in the contest for the home side. 
  • New England College produced 10 shots and five corner kicks on the night.


ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:

Clide Neau (Easton, Mass.), Bryan Vargas (San Jose, Costa Rica), Pablo Velazquez (Barrameda, Spain), and Mattia Zuin (Mexico City, Mexico) were named to the All-Tournament team.

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