LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. (Oct. 23, 2018) – Powered by five different Mavericks scoring, the No. 12 Mercy College men's soccer team exploded for a season-high six goals in a 6-1 victory over Chestnut Hill College on Tuesday night at Victory Field.
The Mavericks (10-2-1) have won two games in a row and now have double-digit wins for the second straight year. The Griffins (7-10) have dropped two of their last three games.
Mercy was led by senior Alejandro Alvarez (Pereira, Colombia/American International College) who had a game-high two goals. Also scoring were juniors Maximiliano Rebolledo-Camus (Santiago, Chile/Saint George's College), Gaston Rozenblum (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Escuelas Tecnicas ORT), Ignacio Mangada (Alicante, Spain/Campbellsville University) and Kevin Rodriguez (Queens, N.Y./ASA College). Redshirt freshman Ryan Sipavicius (Flushing, N.Y./Holy Cross) had three assists and senior Mariglen Verjoni (Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall) dished out an assist. Sophomore Jordan Williams (Newton, N.J./North Carolina Wesleyan College) played the first half in goal and made one save to earn the win. Senior Mahamed Keita (Abidjan, Ivory Coast/Dutchess CC) played the second half and made five saves.
Chestnut Hill was led by Jason Doherty who scored a goal and by Matt Kehr who dished out an assist. Sergio Hernandez made ten saves to take the loss.
Mercy came on the offensive as they forced Hernandez to make five saves in the first 19 minutes of action. Hernandez made four more stops in the opening half to keep the game scoreless, but the Mavericks would get on the board in the 43rd minute to take a 1-0 lead. Sipavicius sent a pass through to the left side and Alvarez found the back of the net to give Mercy the lead heading into halftime.
The Mavericks got the offense rolling in the second half with five goals, starting with a tally in the 57th minute to take a 2-0 lead. Sipavicius fed Rozenblum who beat the goalie one on one to give Mercy an insurance goal.
Alvarez made it 3-0 just under three minutes later when Sipavicius fed a short pass through the left side to the senior who one touched the ball into the net. Keita made his second save of the half before the Griffins scored in the 65th minute to make it 3-1 on a Doherty goal.
Mangada later made it 4-1 when he scored on a penalty kick in the 81st minute following a Chestnut Hill foul in the box. Rodriguez continued the onslaught in the 84th minute when he beat the defender in the box and put the ball into the net to make it 5-1.
Rebolledo-Camus capped off the scoring with a goal off an assist from Verjoni with 43 seconds left that put the finishing touches on the win.
Mercy held a 25-10 edge in shots and a 5-1 edge in corner kicks.
Head Coach Pedro Velazquez and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, October 27th when they host UDC at 3 p.m. for Senior Day.
