Six Gators find the net in Sage's 6-0 victory over Purchase
Purchase, NY---The Sage Colleges men's soccer team traveled to Purchase College for a Skyline Conference match on Saturday afternoon. Sage would connect for the 6-0 win, marking a high-water mark for goals for the young program. With the victory, Sage improves to 5-5-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the Skyline. Purchase drops to 1-9-2 overall and 0-5-1 in the conference.
The Gators took a 4-0 lead at the break and were able to post the third shutout of the year with their efforts. Leading the scoring output on the afternoon was junior midfielder Christopher Modelowski (Amsterdam, NY/Amsterdam) as he connected on the first goal of his Sage career and it turned out to be the game-winner at 14:28 of the match. Freshman defender Kris Kallenbach (Bristol, CT/Bristol Central) found the net on feed from freshman Chris Giustina (Enfield, CT/Enrico Fermi) at 23:12. The goal for Kallenbach was the first of his career as well.
By game's end, Sage would get additional first career scores from two others in the contest as rookies James Mignon (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and Dillon Nugent (Wingdale, NY/Dover) also scored.
Giustina added his third goal of the season to help the team's performance as well as he now has seven points on three goals and an assist.
Sage's rookie Carmen Volpe (Cohoes, NY/CBA) and sophomore Caleb Johnson (New Lebanon, NY/New Lebanon) shared the shutout performance. Volpe started in goal and collected the win, before Johnson entered the game and played 30 minutes with two saves in his first career appearance.
Sage returns to action on October 10 travelling to face Yeshiva University in a 2:30 p.m. contest to be held at Silver Lake Park in West Harrison, NY.
Soccer Game Summary (Final)
Sage College vs PURCHASE PANTHERS (Oct 09, 2010 at Purchase, NY)
Sage College (5-5-1, 4-1-1 Skyline) vs. PURCHASE PANTHERS (1-9-2, 0-5-1 Skyline)
Date: Oct 09, 2010 Attendance: 87 Weather: Sunny, warm
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Sage College........ 4 2 - 6
PURCHASE PANTHERS... 0 0 - 0
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 14:28 SAGEMEN Modelowski, Chris (1) Corner kick - Dead center, 15 yards out
2. 23:12 SAGEMEN Kallenbach, Kris (1) (Giustina, Chris) - Off cross
3. 32:07 SAGEMEN Nugent, Dillon (1) (Finch, Wesley) - Off cross
4. 37:53 SAGEMEN Mignon, James (1) (Flaherty, Matt) - Header
5. 50:15 SAGEMEN Giustina, Chris (3) (Modelowski, Chris) - Inside the six
6. 56:39 SAGEMEN Peralta, Chris (1) (Thompson, Connor) - Off square pass, upper 90
Shots: Sage College 25, PURCHASE PANTHERS 2
Saves: Sage College 2 (Johnson, Caleb 2), PURCHASE PANTHERS 6 (Kurzweil, David 6)
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