DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Powered by a game-high seven saves from graduate student Sean Green (Asheville, N.C./Lees-McRae College) and goals from junior Joel Martinez (Madrid, Spain/Mount Aloysius College) and freshman Marvin Spets (Oslo, Norway/Blindern Videregaaende Skole), the No. 24 Mercy University Men's Soccer Team earned a 2-0 win over ECC foe Queens College in their "It's On Us" Awareness Game on Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Field.
The Mavericks (11-3-3, 4-2-1 ECC) have won three of their last four games and have their most wins since 2022. Mercy defeats the Knights (10-5-2, 3-3-1 ECC) for the first time since 2023 and for the first time at Mercy since 2022. The Mavericks have secured their fifth straight ECC Championship berth and for the eighth time in 10 seasons under Head Coach Pedro Velazquez. Velazquez ties the program record with his 106th win as head coach of the Mavericks. He matches Wil Cintron who coached Mercy from 1991-2002. Velazquez is currently 106-41-32 in 10 seasons leading the Mavericks.
Green made three saves in the first half to keep the game scoreless at halftime.
Green stopped three more shots to begin the second half before Mercy scored in the 79th minute to take a 1-0 lead. Martinez fired home a senior Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Oslo, Norway/Maryville University/Pima CC) cross giving the Mavericks the lead.
Mercy made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute when Spets put home a senior John Hollis (Bradford, England/West Virginia Wesleyan College) through ball. Green stopped a final shot in the 89th minute and the Mavericks earned the 2-0 win.
Mercy was led by Martinez who netted his fourth goal of the season and by Spets who recorded his second goal of the year. Lund-Iversen added his seventh assist of the year and Hollis dished out his Division II-leading 12th assist of the year. Green made a season-high seven saves to earn his third shutout of the year and seventh win.
Queens was led by Thanasis Shehadeh who made four saves to take the loss.
Mercy held a 12-9 edge in shots, Queens held a 7-6 edge in shots on goal and Queens held a 6-5 edge in corner kicks.
Head Coach Pedro Velazquez and the Mavericks end the regular season on Saturday, October 24th when they play at Molloy at 12 p.m.
