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Matt Brown
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Mercyhurst MERC (0-3-0, 0-0-0)
3
Winner UC Irvine UCI (1-1-1, 0-0-0)
Mercyhurst MERC
(0-3-0, 0-0-0)
1
Final
3
UC Irvine UCI
(1-1-1, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mercyhurst MERC 0 1 1
UC Irvine UCI 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

Conyers, Gonzalez Highlight Shields' First Win, 3-1

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine men's soccer got its first win of the season downing Mercyhurst, 3-1, Sunday afternoon at Anteater Stadium.
  • The Anteaters started the scoring with a 25th-minute strike. Francesco Montanile drove the right wing starting a give-and-go with Travis Babineau shooting up into the box and finishing around the sprawled out keeper for a 1-0 advantage
  • The Lakers put up a late chance that Alex Shields saved in the first half before UCI went into the locker room with a 1-0 lead
  • UCI added the second goal for a 2-0 lead in the 57th minute. A corner was sent back into the mixer by Brady Treinen to Danny de Lorijn who settled and shot a ball that was saved, and the rebound fell to Justin Conyers to punch home his first career goal
  • Mercyhurst got back into the match quickly thereafter on a touchline feed to Dylan Sumner who placed his first touch into the upper left to make it a 2-1 game in the 63rd minute
  • The Anteaters held back the Laker attack as they looked for the equalizer saving a couple of threats by Sumner
  • The match was put to rest in the 85th minute as Noah Clarkson and the attack moved onto goal. His feed to Agaton Pourshahidi put him in for a shot that was stopped before falling to Misael Gonzalez to tap it in and make it 3-1
  • In goal, Alex Shields picked up two saves for his first collegiate win. 'Eaters put up 13 shots to Mercyhurst's seven recording eight on frame
  • Montanile's goal was the sixth of his career along with Conyers and Gonzalez who registered their first career goals. Conyers' also went down as the game-winning goal.
  • Five Anteaters picked up assists with Danny de Lorijn's the first assist and point of his Anteater career.
  • A number of Anteaters made their debuts for the program including second-year Anteater and transfer Isaiah Quarcoo, junior college transfer Misael Gonzalez, and redshirt freshman Braden Ferreira
 
 
 
 
UCI improves to 1-1-1 on the season with a trip to No. 21 UCF, Friday, September 6, and finishing their Florida trip at South Florida on Monday, September 9
 
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