Box Score Purchase, N.Y. – Led by two goals from freshman
Kevin Jardines (South Gate, Calif.), the College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Soccer team scored at 5-2 road league win on Sunday at NYU-POLY. The win is the first for the Dolphins over the Jays since the 2008 season and the first against a Skyline Conference opponent since a 4-0 win over Yeshiva on September 25, 2011.
Jardines got the Mount on the board in the 36
th minute on Sunday with the eighth goal of his rookie campaign. He finished off a feed from
Hubert Bararwandika (Bronx, N.Y.) at the 35:20 mark of the match to send the Mount to the half leading 1-0.
Matthew Samaan (Manalapan, N.J.) would extend the Dolphins' lead to two goals in the 55
th minute when he converted a penalty kick and
Tavelli Errar (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) picked up the eventual game winning goal in the 65
th minute when he buried a shot into the top corner for a three goal advantage.
Jardines would strike again just under six minutes later with his team leading ninth goal of the season, before Matthew Burke scored for the Jays at 72:56 to get NYU-POLY back to within a three goal disadvantage.
Freshman
John Everson (Greenwood Lake, N.Y.) would get the goal back for Mount Saint Vincent in the 83
rd minute when he finished off a pass from Bararwandika at 82:40 for his first career tally to make it a 5-1 advantage for the Mount. Tom Houge closed out the scoring in the final minute for NYU-POLY.
Mount Saint Vincent finished the game with five different players with a point with Jardines moving into the team lead in goals with nine and points with 21. Bararwandika is now tied for the team lead in assists with four and has a new career-high in points with eight.
David Melchor (Los Angeles, Calif.) picked up the win in goal o Sunday after making four saves for the Dolphins. NYU-POLY's Paul Lima made five stops for the Jays in the loss.
Overall in the contest, Mount Saint Vincent finished with a 19-7 advantage in shots overall and a 10-6 edge in shots on goal. Corner kicks were even at two in the match and fouls were whistled 14-9 against the Dolphins.
Sunday's win snaps a two game slide for Mount Saint Vincent and moves it to 10-2 overall and to 1-2 in league play. The Dolphins will be back in action again on Wednesday night when they travel to Purchase. Kick-off with the Panthers is set for 7:00 p.m.
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