Giustina stars as Sage opens with 4-1 win over St. Joe's
Sage's men's soccer team opened conference play on Saturday with a convincing 4-1 win over the Eagles as rookie Chris Giustina added 2 goals.
Albany, NY---The Sage Colleges men's soccer team hosted St. Joseph's College in the program's first Skyline Conference match. By game's end, the Gators would collect a 4-1 victory and improve to 2-4 overall and 1-0 in the conference, while St. Joseph's drops to 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the Skyline Conference.
The Eagles took a 1-0 lead with a goal at 42:12 as sophomore stopper John Dettori (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) on a feed from the right side from senior Kamil Saadowski (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst).
Freshman Wesley Finch (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) tallied the tying goal at 26:48. Freshman Chris Giustina (Enfield, CT/Enrico Fermi) gave Sage the lead with his first goal of the year on a feed from rookie defender Kris Kallenbach (Bristol, CT/Bristol Central) at 24:00. Freshman forward Scott Jarosz (Brunswick, ME/Brunswick) gave the Gators a 3-1 lead at the break with his second goal from Chris Peralta (Wyandanch, NY/Martin Luther King., Jr.) at 31:04.
Giustina chipped in with his second goal in the match to open scoring in the second half as he collected a rebound shot off a misplayed ball by St. Joseph's sophomore goalie, Peter Ryan (Sayville, NY/Sayville) at 49:56. Giustina shares the Gators' scoring race he, Finch and Jarosz all now have four points on two goals this year.
Sage's rookie keeper, Carmen Volpe (Cohoes, NY/Cohoes) added the win on goal as he made 10 saves with just one goal allowed. Ryan made seven saves in taking the loss with his four goals allowed.
St. Joseph's vs Sage College (Sep 18, 2010 at Albany, NY)
St. Joseph's (3-4, 0-1 Skyline) vs. Sage College (2-4, 1-0 Skyline)
Date: Sep 18, 2010 Attendance: 175 Weather: Sunny, Clear, 70
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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St. Joseph's........ 1 0 - 1
Sage College........ 3 1 - 4
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 2:48 SJC-M-10 Dettori, John (Sadowski, Kamil)
2. 18:12 SAGEMEN Finch, Wesley (2) (unassisted)
3. 24:00 SAGEMEN Giustina, Chris (1) (Kallenbach, Kris)
4. 31:04 SAGEMEN Jarosz, Scott (2) (Peralta, Chris)
5. 49:56 SAGEMEN Giustina, Chris (2) (unassisted)
Shots: St. Joseph's 13, Sage College 14
Saves: St. Joseph's 7 (Ryan, Peter 7), Sage College 10 (Volpe, Carmen 10)
Sage wins inaugural Skyline Conference match with their win over St. Joseph's College.
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