ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Despite a goal from senior Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Oslo, Norway/Maryville University/Pima CC), the No. 24 Mercy University Men's Soccer Team dropped a 3-1 decision at ECC foe Molloy University on Saturday afternoon at the RVC Sports Complex.
The Mavericks (11-4-3, 4-3-1 ECC) end the regular season dropping two of their last three games. Mercy falls to the Lions (5-3-7, 3-1-4 ECC) for the first time since 2022. The Mavericks have secured the No. 4 seed in next week's ECC Men's Soccer Championship and will host No. 5 seed Queens in a First Round game on Thursday, October 29th at 1 p.m.
Both Mercy goalkeeper graduate student Sean Green (Asheville, N.C./Lees-McRae College) and Molloy goalkeeper Callum Hunt made a save to begin the game before Massimo Fargnoli scored in the 27th minute, off an assist from Diego Cadena. Green made another save to close out the half, keeping the score 1-0 at halftime.
The Mavericks tied the game at 1-1 in the 51st minute when Lund-Iversen scored off assists from seniors Diego Guzmán (Santiago, Chile/Everest School) and John Hollis (Bradford, England/West Virginia Wesleyan College). The Lions regained the lead in the 62nd minute when Mael Pierre Paul scored, giving Molloy a 2-1 lead.
Pierre Paul later scored again in the 87th minute, giving the hosts a 3-1 lead. Molloy held Mercy scoreless for the remainder of the game, giving the Lions the 3-1 win.
Mercy was led by Lund-Iversen who scored his team-leading and ECC-best 13th goal of the season. Guzmán dished out his third assist of the year, and Hollis added his Division II-leading 13th assist of the year. Green made a game-high-tying five saves to take the loss.
Molloy was led by Pierre Paul who scored two goals and by Hunt who made five saves to earn the win.
Molloy held a 15-12 edge in shots, an 8-6 edge in shots on goal and a 1-0 edge in corner kicks.
Head Coach Pedro Velazquez and the Mavericks resume action on Thursday, October 29th when they host Queens in an ECC Championship First Round matchup at 1 p.m.
