Box Score
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Bill
McGuiness |
Matt
Salvatore |
Kevin
Kozic |
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Stephen
Kilty |
Nate
Doyle |
Patrick
R.
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Box Score
Photo Gallery (courtesy of Dan
Ceccacci)
Senior midfielder Bill
McGuiness (Forty Fort, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) scored
two goals for the second straight game and The University of
Scranton men's soccer team improved to 4-0 for the first time
in 19 years with a 4-2 victory over Ursinus College on Wednesday
evening at Fitzpatrick Field.
The Royals also received goals from senior midfielder Matthew Salvatore (Howell, N.J./Howell) and
sophomore forward Kevin
Kozic (Raritan, N.J./Immaculata) as they opened the
season by winning four straight for the first time since 1993.
McGuiness's two goals give him five on the season, a career
high and one more than any player on Scranton's roster last
season.
Scranton wasted little time taking control against Ursinus
(2-3), scoring at the 13:11 mark when Salvatore scored on an assist
from freshman midfielder Nate
Doyle (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) after Doyle
made a nifty move in the right corner to get clear of a
defender.
Five minutes later, Kozic made it 2-0 when he headed home a long
direct kick by junior defender Stephen
Kilty (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West). The assist
was Kilty's third of the season, all on direct kicks.
Ursinus cut the deficit to 2-1 with 15 seconds to go in the half
when freshman forward Ryan Butler (Palmyra, N.J./Palmyra) scored
the first of his two goals on a feed from senior defender Colin
Kunkle (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson).
But McGuiness scored 12 minutes into the second half on a
12-yard blast off a feed from senior midfielder Patrick M. Daley (Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas
Institute). McGuiness put the game away at the 74:43 mark
when he found space in the middle and scored after taking a feed
from the left wing from freshman defender Joel Potter
(Randolph, N.J./Randolph). The assists by Daley and Potter
were the first of the season for each.
Senior goalie James
Dillon (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown) made four saves
in goal for his fourth win of the season.
Scranton has now scored 13 goals in four games after scoring
just 19 all of last season. The Royals are also now 32-4-1 all-time
against Ursinus, including six straight victories.
For Ursinus, Butler's two goals gave him seven on the
season, putting him among the NCAA Divison III national leader.
The Royals will return to action on Saturday, Sept. 15, when
they travel to Newburgh, N.Y. to take on Mt. St. Mary at noon.
--ROYALS--