Emmanuel Pushes Past Men's Soccer With Overtime Goal

BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman Joey Soucy (Attleboro, Mass.) scored his second goal of the game, coming at 7:43 of overtime, lifted the Emmanuel College men's soccer team to a 3-2 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology in the season opener for both teams.

SCORING:

• WIT:     Jaedon Costa (Eddie Smith) 32'
• EC:       Joey Soucy (Campbell Shealy) 44'
• EC:       Kyle Monaghan (unassisted) 67'
• WIT:     Kaleb Gebremeskel (John Dauphin, TJ Prouty) 76'
• EC:       Soucy (Shealy) 98'

SHOTS (ON GOAL):
EC:        12 (7); WIT:     18 (7)

GOALIE SAVES:
EC:       Matthew LaMondia, 5
WIT:     Robbie West, 4

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• While both teams had chances early, it was Wentworth which capitalized at the 31:57 mark when freshman Jaedon Costa (North Providence, R.I.) took a pass from senior Eddie Smith (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and put home a one-timer to the left side, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead.
• Soucy put home his first of the contest with just 1:17 left in the frame when he took a pass from senior Campbell Shealy (Lexington, S.C.) and scored after Wentworth's defense could not protect the back line.
• Senior Kyle Monaghan (Monson, Mass.) put the Saints ahead, 2-1, when put home a shot from the top left corner of the box at the 66:38 mark.
• Shortly after senior Robbie West (Hingham, Mass.) made a stop on a header bid from right in front, Wentworth got the equalizer. Senior TJ Prouty (Glendora, Calif.) found a seam and threaded a pass to Dauphin, who found senior Kaleb Gebremeskel (Georgetown, Texas) in the box. Gebremeskel slipped a shot past senior keeper Matthew LaMondia (East Longmeadow, Mass.) at the 75:47 mark.
• In the final 6:20 of regulation, Wentworth had three corner kicks and nearly converted one in the 85th minute, however, the bid was high.
• The Leopards had a chance in the 97th minute to win the game when they were awarded their seventh corner kick of the contest. Off the service, a shot attempt went wide of the mark, giving Emmanuel a goal kick. Just over a minute later, Shealy found Soucy who put home the golden goal at 97:43.
• West made for saves for the Leopards.

THE SERIES:

• Today marked the seventh all-time meeting between the two teams with Wentworth holding a 4-2-1 advantage. The Saints have claimed the last two meetings.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth spends a weekend away from campus, playing at Norwich on Saturday and Colby-Sawyer on Sunday.

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