PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Powered by goals from junior Santiago Dutilh (Santiago, Chile/Everest School), sophomore Nicolai Lysoe (Kristiansand, Norway/Kristiansand Katedralskole Gimle), senior Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Oslo, Norway/Maryville University/Pima CC) and freshman Marvin Spets (Oslo, Norway/Blindern Videregaaende Skole), the No. 17 Mercy University Men's Soccer Team earned a 4-1 win at Pace University on Wednesday night at Northwell Stadium.
The Mavericks (10-2-3) now have their most wins since 2022 and defeat the Setters (5-6-3) for the second straight year. Mercy is now 5-0-3 on the road this season and is 5-0-2 in their last seven games.
Pace took a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute of play when Acland Zhang scored, giving the Setters an early lead. The score remained 1-0 until the 22nd minute when Dutilh scored, following a cross from senior John Hollis (Bradford, England/West Virginia Wesleyan College), tying the game at 1-1.
Graduate student Sean Green (Asheville, N.C./Lees-McRae College) made three saves to close the half, sending the game to halftime tied at 1-1.
The Mavericks took a 2-1 lead in the 55th minute when Lysoe put in a Hollis corner kick. Lund-Iversen later gave Mercy a 3-1 lead in the 76th minute after a cross from junior Marcos Landivar (Buenos Aires, Argentina/St. Thomas University). Spets capped off the scoring in the 79th minute, following a pass from junior Aalon Wilson-Wright (Aranguez, Trinidad & Tobago/Tiffin University), giving the Mavericks a 4-1 lead.
Mercy held Pace without a shot for the remainder of the game, giving the Mavericks the 4-1 win.
Mercy was led by Dutilh who scored his second goal of the season. Lysoe netted his second goal of the season and second game-winning goal. Lund-Iversen picked up his team-leading 12th goal of the season and Spets scored his first collegiate goal. Hollis now has a Division II-best 11 assists on the year and Wilson-Wright and Landivar both added their second assists of the year. Green made a game-high four saves to earn his sixth win of the year. Freshman Dean Yamin (East Williston, N.Y./The Wheatley School) played the final seven minutes in goal to preserve the win.
Pace was led by Acland Zhang who scored. Joe Zweben made three saves in the second half and allowed three goals to take the loss.
Mercy held a 21-8 edge in shots, an 8-5 edge in shots on goal and corner kicks were tied at 3-3.
Head Coach Pedro Velazquez and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, October 17th when they host D'Youville for Senior Day at 2 p.m.
