CORSAIRS BLANK ST. JOSEPH’S

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men’s soccer team scored a goal in each half and blanked St. Joseph’s of Maine, 2-0, at Cressy Field Tuesday afternoon.

Sophomore forward Lee Soares (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) opened the scoring for the Corsairs. He took a pass from junior forward Dennis Toomey (Edgartown, MA/Martha’s Vineyard HS) and beat SJC goalkeeper Brian White to make it 1-0.

Freshman midfielder Thomas DeMiranda (Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS) made it 2-0 at the 64:17 mark. He headed home a cross from senior midfielder Jon Hafer (Marlboro, MA/Marlboro HS) to account for the final score.

Sophomore goalkeeper Adam Rolfe (Southwick, MA/Southwick HS) made four saves for the shutout. White was credited with four saves for the Monks, who were out shot, 14-6.

”It was nice to win, 2-0, we tightened it up defensively,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Ray Cabral. “We had some good performances. Jon Hafer had a big game on the right side for us today, and (junior) Jayr Fernandes (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) and (sophomore midfielder) Andrew Ventura (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) played well. We didn’t take advantage of all of our chances, and we have to do a better job of converting them.”

The Corsairs evened their record at 3-3 with the victory, while St. Joseph’s fell to 1-4-1.

UMD will return to action when they visit Little East Conference rival Western Connecticut State Saturday afternoon.                                                                                                               

UMASS DARTMOUTH 2, ST. JOSEPH’S (MAINE) 0

ST. JOSEPH’S                     0          0-         0

UMASS DARTMOUTH        1          1-         2

1,UMD, Lee Soares (Dennis Toomey) 25:00

2,UMD, Thomas DeMiranda (Jon Hafer) 64:17

SHOTS: SJC 6, UMD 14.
SAVES: SJC, Brian White, 4, UMD, Adam Rolfe, 4.
CORNER KICKS: SJC 0, UMD 6.
FOULS: SJC 5, UMD 7.
OFFSIDES: SJC 0, UMD 10.

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