O'Sullivan scored the first two goals of his career a minute apart to spur the Skyhawks to the win (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

EASTON, Mass. (September 25, 2021) - Stonehill College notched its first Northeast-10 Conference win with a commanding 4-1 triumph over Southern Connecticut State University in men's soccer action on Skyhawk Field this afternoon.

Scoring
Aidan O'Sullivan (STO) 17'
O'Sullivan (STO) 18'
Leroy Best (SCS) 33'
Iago Luiz De Sousa-Vieira (STO) 36'
Colby Meyer (STO) 76'

Goalkeeping
SCS: Bailey Bassett (90:00) 1 save, 4 goals against
STO: Andrew Hammersley (90:00) 3 saves, 1 goal against

Shots: Southern Conn. State 11, Stonehill 14
Corner Kicks: Southern Conn. State 4, Stonehill 7

The Details

• Junior Aidan O'Sullivan scored a pair of goals 59-second apart to send Stonehill on its way to the victory, while sophomore Shon Ryan delivered three assists for the match.
• O'Sullivan's opening goal came 16:23 into the match when he took a pass of Ryan's corner at the upper left corner of the 18 and fired a shot through the box that got a deflection off a Southern defender before tucking inside the right post for first goal of his collegiate career.
• O'Sullivan added his second career goal just 59-seconds later to put the Skyhawks up a pair just 17:22 into the match, taking another pass from Ryan and firing a low shot from 30 yards into left side of the goal.

• Ryan dished out three assists for the Skyhawks today (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

  Southern pulled one goal back in the 33^rd minute as freshman Leroy Best off a feed from senior Juan Alava.
• Stonehill responded less than four minutes later when freshman Iago Luiz De Sousa-Vieira delivered his team-leading seventh goal of the season, assisted by Ryan and brother, Paddy Ryan, in the 36^th minute.
• Stonehill eliminated any doubt to the result in the 76^th minute as freshman Colby Meyer potted his first collegiate goal.
• Junior Andrew Hammersley) finished with three saves in the Stonehill goal.

Up Next

Stonehill (4-4, 1-2 NE10) is off until next Saturday, when it visits the University of New Haven for an NE10 math at 1 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Wednesday, October 2, to host rival Bentley University at Skyhawk Field at 3 p.m. Southern Conn. State (1-5-1, 1-2-0 NE10) visits Adelphi University on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

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