Box Score
New Haven, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University men's soccer team claimed a dominant 3-1 victory over the College of Saint Rose in the opening round of the NE10 Tournament.
RECORDS: So. Connecticut (11-2-4) | Saint Rose (6-9-2)
FIRST HALF
The Owls opened the scoring early in the 17
th minute as senior
Lucas Saunders (Middletown, Conn.) scored off of a low cross from senior
Sabri Akter (Unionville, Conn.). Saunders would slot the ball into the bottom left corner of the net to give the Owls a 1-0 lead.
Senior Louis Greenway-Tambini (Nottingham, England) scored ten minutes later in the 26
th minute when he received the ball at the top of the 18-yard box, dribbled to the right past a defender, cut the ball back to the middle of the field and shot to the far post into the back of the net. The Owls would finish the first half with a 2-0 lead.
SECOND HALF
Greenway-Tambini struck again in the 48
th minute off of a rebound to put the Owls up 3-0 early in the second half. The Golden Knights wouldn't give up though as they put one past the Owls in the 78
th minute of play, a header to the right side of the net to cut the lead down to two. Greenway-Tambini's first goal would prove to be the game-winner and pushed the Owls into the semifinals of the NE10 Tournament.
UP NEXT
The Owls will head to North Andover, Mass. on November 3 to face Merrimack in the semifinals of the NE10 Tournament. The game set to start at 7 p.m.
