Box Score ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Sept. 24, 2014) - The Molloy College men's soccer team not only earned its first win of the 2014 campaign on Wednesday night, but did so in thrilling, upset fashion against East Coast Conference-foe LIU Post, 5-4 at the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y. With the win, the Lions improved to 1-4-1 overall (1-1-0 ECC), while the Pioneers fell to 4-3 on the year and 1-1 in conference play.
The scoring frenzy started in the eighth minute of the game when Molloy senior midfielder
Hamza Elotmani (Casablanca, Morocco) scored the first goal of his 2014 season via a bicycle kick from about 10 yards out. Junior
George Sinacore (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) had the assist on a throw-in from the sidelines. The Pioneers found the equalizer in the 23rd minute when Dale McDonald netted a tally off a feed from Jason Lampkin. Molloy scored once more before the intermission to take a 2-1 lead when senior back
Dane Leavy (St. Petersburg, Fla.) registered his first collegiate goal in the 41st minute.
Following halftime, the Lions took a 3-1 lead on Elotmani's second goal of the game. The Morocco native found the back of the netting in the 51st minute, scoring off a rebound. LIU Post scored the next two goals to tie the game at 3-3 as Lampkin scored twice -- in the 61st and 66th minutes.
The Lions' junior back
Ryan Fackner (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored via a header off a cross from fellow junior
Stephen Polimeni (Bellmore, N.Y.) in the 75th minute. That marker gave Molloy a 4-3 lead. That advantage lasted 10 minutes as LIU Post senior forward Eivind Austboe scored to knot the game at 4-all. Then, from 25 yards out, Molloy senior
Joey Pinto (Lynbrook, N.Y.) blasted a free kick into the goal to put the Lions ahead, 5-4. Pinto scored in the 88th minute of regulation, which ended up being the deciding goal of the game.
Molloy won against most odds. LIU Post outshot the Lions, 24-9, and held the margin in corner kicks as well (7-2). In net, Molloy senior goalkeeper
Justin Corke (Valley Stream, N.Y.) made eight saves against a very good Pioneers' offense (16 goals entering tonight's contest).
Head Coach
Danny Longo and the Lions return to the field on Saturday, Sept. 27 when they host Queens College on Wounded Warrior Day. The game will begin at 12 p.m. A retired military veteran from the Wounded Warrior Project will serve as honorary team captain, and will be honored and celebrated prior to the game.
