STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University men's soccer team was outlasted, 4-2, at home against Charleston on Saturday afternoon. Caleb Danquah tallied the second goal of his career, while Trevor Harrison recorded his second goal of the season. The Seawolves fall to 1-3-2 overall and 0-1-1 in CAA action following the loss.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Stony Brook opened scoring when Caleb Danquah fired a cross shot into the right side of the net in the 14th minute, as Lorenzo Selini and Alex Fleury assisted to give the Seawolves a 1-0 lead. Then back-to-back shots off the crossbar from Finlay Oliver and Danquah in the 17th and 20th minute gave the Seawolves great opportunities early.
The Cougars then evened the match on a goal in the 23
rd minute from Matt Lenert to keep it even heading into the second half.
Charleston then took an early 2-1 lead on Noah Gold's 52nd-minute goal. 10 minutes later, the Cougars capitalized on the lead with a goal from Leonardo D'Ambrosio. The senior midfielder then added another in the 70
th minute for a 4-1 lead with less than 20 minutes in regulation.
The Seawolves were able to narrow the score to 4-2 thanks to an 87th-minute goal from
Trevor Harrison, his second goal of the season. Oliver and
Justin Jean-Louis dished out assists in the final Stony Brook goal.
STATS AND NOTES
- Stony Brook held an advantage over Charleston in all categories: shots (19), shots on goal (9), and corner kicks (8).
- Trevor Harrison led the team with five shots, three on goal.
- Six other players tallied at least one shot in the contest.
- Lorenzo Selini recorded his fourth assist of the season, tallying a point in four of the Seawolves' matches.
- Rushon Sandy collected two saves through 90 minutes of action.
QUOTES FROM SEAWOLVES
"I thought we started the game off really well, staying on top of them in our first half performance. We had some really good chances and scored a goal, but goals change matches, and we let up a really bad goal off a break and changed the game. We went into the half 1-1 and felt good about it. We came out in the second half and dropped our energy a little bit and gave up goals which is hard to come back from, and it's hard to win after giving up four goals. We've got to do a better job defensively and look at our performance, where large parts of the match, it was good, but we've got to be better," stated head coach Ryan Anatol postgame.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook resumes CAA play next Saturday when they travel to North Carolina to face undefeated Elon. The Seawolves and Phoenix get going at 12 p.m. with coverage available on FloFC. These programs went 1-1 last season with Stony Brook securing a 4-0 regular season win as Elon emerged victorious in a 1-0 CAA First Round matchup.
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