Junior goalkeeper Brandon McFarlane finished with seven saves today for the Skyhawks. |
Assumption Stuns Stonehill in 2OT, 1-0
Greyhounds score lone goal in 106th minute for victory
EASTON, Mass. (October 21, 2009) - Assumption College, ranked tenth in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II East Regional poll, scored the lone goal in the 106th minute to claim a 1-0 double-overtime victory over Stonehill College in Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer action at Skyhawk Field today.
Freshman Dom Mondi (Peabody, Mass./Peabody) scored the lone goal of the match with 4:42 left in the second overtime period to lift Assumption to the win, handing Stonehill just its second home loss of the season (7-2-1) - both of which have come in double overtime. Mondi knocked in his seventh goal of the season on a deflection from inside the six.
Junior Brandan Sullivan (Halesite, N.Y./Saint Dominic) preserved his eighth shutout of the season (15th career) with 12 saves as Stonehill pressed for a winning goal to keep their postseason hopes alive. Junior Brandon McFarlane (Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) finished with seven stops in goal for the Skyhawks who posted an 18-9 advantage in shots for the match.
Stonehill (7-7-1, 3-7-1 NE-10) returns to action on Saturday when it visits No. 24 ranked Le Moyne College at 2 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Wednesday for their final regular season match of the season against Saint Michael's College at 3:30 p.m. Assumption (9-5-2, 6-4-2 NE-10) visits Franklin Pierce University on Saturday at 2 p.m.
