STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook men's soccer team was able to send off its senior class and finish the 2022 campaign with a thrilling, 2-1, win over Drexel on senior day at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
The Seawolves were paced by junior midfielder
Trevor Harrison who tallied both goals for the squad. The junior gave Stony Brook the early lead in the 16
th minute when he chased down a long ball that was dished over the top of the Dragon's defense from junior forward Olsen Aluc. Harrison won the battle with Drexel's goalkeeper Alessandro Capogna and finished the ball into the back of the net.
Drexel bounced back in the 39
th minute when Joshua Pulia scored on an assist from Cesar Banacloy to bring the score to 1-1. Stony Brook responded in the 72
nd minute as Harrison found the back of the net for the second time in the contest, this time with a header off a corner kick from freshman defender Jon Jelercic. The Long Island native's tally proved to be the game-winner.
Prior to the game, the Seawolves honored their senior class which comprised of
Edmond Kaiser,
Evan Peters,
Rondell Payne,
Trausti Birgisson,
Kameron Blaise,
Steven Siso,
Sebastian Rojek and
Curtis Copenhaver.
STATS AND NOTES
- Harrison tallied two goals in the contest, securing a new career-high which included his first goal of the season.
- Aluc recorded his first-career assist with the helper to Harrison for Stony Brook's first goal of the match.
- Jelercic finished the contest with one assist and one shot on goal.
- Kaiser picked up the win in net as he made four saves. The German finishes his career with 167 saves which is good for seventh place in the programs record books.
- The Seawolves outshot the Dragons 18-8 overall and 7-5 in terms of shots on goal.
- Stony Brook finished the 2022 campaign 5-11 overall and 3-6 in the CAA.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"It's a great way to end, that was the message all week. We want to make sure that we represent the program in the right way, we send the seniors off on the right foot and we show the quality that we have, and I thought we did that today. It's a difficult league and each game is a battle. I thought we competed every week and there's a fine line sometimes between winning and losing. I thought the guys did a really great job today and I'm happy for them," said head coach
Ryan Anatol.
"It was very important to set the tone offensively, we had to make a statement right away and go out 100 percent. We really just had to show them who we are as a family and it's our seniors' last game so it's very important to our community and our Stony Brook family to come through for them," said junior midfielder
Trevor Harrison.
