Final Stats

Riverdale, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Soccer team dropped a key Skyline Conference match on Thursday night to NYU-POLY by a score of 3-0. The Blue Jays got the game winner in the fifth minute and went on to add two insurance markers in the second half.

Mamadou Dianko got the Blue Jays on the board and picked up the game winning tally at the 4:47 match off a rebound starting from a corner kick. Allen Rohr put the initial shot on goal that was saved by Mount Saint Vincent keeper Javier Manduano (Norwalk, Conn.), but Dianko cleaned up the rebound with a header inside the near post for the early one goal lead.

The one goal advantage would stand until the latter part of the second half when the Blue Jays tallied twice in a span of four minutes to break the contest open. Joe Gabor got the second goal on a penalty kick in the 80th minute and Adrian Hurtado closed out the scoring in the 84th minute.

Dianko finished the night with three points for NYU-POLY with his goal and a helper on the Hurtado tally. Rishi Sarkar made four saves in the tilt to earn the shutout win. Mandujano finished up with six stops for the Dolphins.

Overall on the night Mount Saint Vincent was outshot 22-9, with Ahmed Ajao (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Andres Romero (Port Chester, N.Y.) leading the way with three each. Corner kicks also favored NYU-POLY at 4-2, while fouls were called 11-9 against the Dolphins.

The loss is the Mount's second in its last three contests and drops it to 3-5-3 overall on the season and to 2-4-2 in league play. The Dolphins will be back in action again on Saturday when they hit the road to take on Farmingdale St. Kick-off with the Rams is slated for noon.