Molloy University Athletics

Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy men's soccer team earned a 3-1 upset victory over the No. 24 Mercy Mavericks Saturday afternoon at John A. Darcy Field. The Lions finish the regular season 5-3-7 overall and 3-1-4 in East Coast Conference play, while the Mavericks will enter the postseason 11-4-3 overall and 4-3-1 in league play.
 
With today's victory and other results from around the East Coast Conference, Molloy will enter the ECC Tournament as the number three seed.
 
How it Happened

• Neither team generated a shot in the opening 20 minutes as the contest began as a defensive battle.
• Junior Charlie Morgan generated the first scoring chance of the afternoon in the 23^rd minute with a shot that was saved by Mercy goalkeeper Sean Green.
• Mercy answered in the 27^th minute, challenging junior Callum Hunt with a shot that was saved.
• Less than a minute later, senior Diego Cadena found freshman Massimo Fargnoli, who finished into an oopen net to give the Lions a 1-0 lead.
• In the 40^th minute, Cadena looked to give the Lions a two-goal lead, but his shot was denied.
• The Mavericks did not collect a shot on goal for the remainder of the first half, as the game went into halftime with Molloy in front, 1-0.
• Six minutes into the second half, Mercy found the equalizer after Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen beat Hunt to even the score at one.
• Over the next 10 minutes, both squads totaled two shots, including one shot on target, forcing both goalkeepers to make a save.
• The 62^nd minute saw the Lions regain the lead. Sophomore Jack Veletanga sent in a cross from the left side of the 18-yard box to freshman Mael Pierre Paul, who finished the chance to put Molloy ahead, 2-1.
• Seven minutes later, the road team sought after the game-tying goal, but Hunt was on the spot to make the save.
• Pierre Paul opened up a pair of scoring chances in the 79^th and 81^st minutes, but Green made a pair of saves to keep the Mavericks within one.
• With under four minutes to play, Pierre Paul sealed the victory with his second goal of the afternoon following a feed from Cadena to clinch the match victory, 3-1.

Top Performances

• Pierre Paul tallied a career-high four points on the back of a career-high two goals.
• Cadena handed out a career-high two assists.
• In goal, Hunt made five saves.

Up Next
The Lions have clinched the third-seed in the ECC Tournament and will host the first round at John A. Darcy Field Thursday, October 29. Molloy will await an opponent following the rest of the action around the league this afternoon. Continue to check molloylions.com for time and opponent.