WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - The Daemen men's soccer team won a very hotly contested East Coast Conference game against Staten Island Saturday by a score of 1-0 at Williamsville South High School. Arthur Djengue Bille (Paris, France) scored the lone goal on a beautiful header just eight minutes into the game, assisted by Anthony Cupello (Rochester, N.Y.). 

The result improved Daemen's record to 4-9-0 on the season and 2-5-0 in the conference. Staten Island fell to 3-8-1 overall and 1-5-0 in conference play. Daemen snapped a two-game losing streak with today's win. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• The lone goal of the game came very early on from a header by Djengue Bille.

• Cupello assisted the goal with a gorgeous pass. 

• Each team played a physical style of soccer for the remaining time of the first half. 

• The game became increasingly chippy as each team looked for another goal as time wound down with five total yellow cards given out in the final 15 minutes of play. 

• The tension came to a head when a Staten Island player was ejected with three minutes of game time remaining. 

GAME NOTES

• Djengue Bille has now scored a goal in back-to-back games, both coming within the first 10 minutes of each contest. 

• Daemen improves to 4-3 on the season when scoring the first goal. 

LOOKING FORWARD
Daemen will return to action October 30 at conference opponent Mercy (7-4-2).