Lacerda and Sanguina Score as Men's Soccer Takes on NYIT
Box Score OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Oct. 7, 2015) – Despite overcoming a two-goal deficit on the road to force overtime, the Mercy College men's soccer team suffered a 3-2 overtime setback to NYIT in an East Coast Conference (ECC) matchup on Wednesday afternoon at President's Stadium.
The Mavericks (4-7, 2-3 ECC) have now dropped three in a row, while the Bears (5-4-1, 2-2 ECC) have won three in a row.
Mercy received goals from freshman Lucca Lacerda (Passos, Brazil/Monroe College) and graduate student Junior Sanguina (Valhalla, N.Y./SUNY Purchase) to help lead the comeback in the second half. Freshman Donovan Cesar (Jamaica, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) added an assist and redshirt sophomore Julio Sanchez (Henderson, Colo./Otero JC) made a save in relief of sophomore starter Kwantarian Van der Lara (Conway, Ark./Marshalltown CC) in taking the loss
Gonzalo Barroso, Krishen Patel and Alex Barbosa scored for NYIT, while goalkeeper Alvaro Cruz made two saves to earn the win.
The first half saw the Bears hold a 7-2 edge in shots with the lone goal of the frame coming on a penalty kick by Barroso in the 16th minute.
The action picked up in the second half as the two teams combined for 17 shots with Mercy holding a 9-8 advantage in the period. NYIT came out of the locker rooms with a shot that hit the crossbar in the 47th minute, but could not find the back of the net until the 56th minute when Patel scored to give the Bears a 2-0 lead.
NYIT looked to have the game in hand as the action headed into the 67th minute, but Lacerda got the Mavericks on the board with his third of the year, off a pass from Cesar, to make it 2-1.
The Bears came back on the offensive but were unable to tack on an insurance goal and Sanguina would tie the game up in the 77th minute as he took his rebound and headed it past the keeper to knot the score up at 2-2.
The game remained tied at the end of regulation and overtime was needed.
After expending a lot of energy to force overtime, the Mavericks would see their bid for a win come up short as Barbosa found the back of the net in the second minute of overtime to give the Bears a 3-2 win.
NYIT outshot Mercy 16-10 on the afternoon, while corner kicks were even at 7-7.
Head Coach Chris Smith and the Mavericks will look to get back in the win column as they host St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday, October 10th at 3 p.m.
