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Michel Hölscher receives praise from his Daemen teammates after scoring Sunday afternoon versus Roberts Wesleyan.
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Roberts Wesleyan RWCM (3-2-0)
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Winner Daemen DAEM (2-2-0)
Roberts Wesleyan RWCM
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Daemen DAEM
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | By Joe Kraus, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Wildcats Take Down Roberts Wesleyan On Senior Day, 3-1

Wildcats score three times, win second straight on Sunday

AMHERST, NY – On March 27, Daemen men's soccer lost to Roberts Wesleyan, 4-2, on the road in Rochester. But after making some adjustments over the course of the month and following a 2-0 victory against Medaille on April 15, their last match prior to Sunday, the Wildcats had some momentum heading into their home finale against the Redhawks.
 
Behind three goals all scored before the 30th minute of play and a performance for the ages from goaltender Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain), Daemen men's soccer defeated their long-time East Coast Conference rival, 3-1, for their second consecutive win of the shortened spring season.
 
With the victory today, Daemen men's soccer improves to 2-2 while RWC drops to 3-2 overall.

 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • After finding the back of the net against Medaille 10 days ago, freshman midfielder Michel Hölscher (Hamminkeln, Germany) got Daemen on the scoreboard rather quickly as he connected off a pass from redshirt junior midfielder Anthony Cupello (Rochester, N.Y.) at the 4:36 mark for Daemen's 1-0 lead. Daemen connected again in the 16th minute when sophomore Christian Lewin (Bobenheim-Roxheim, Germany) scored his first of the season after an assist from freshman Dennis Montero Guerrero (Weingarten, Germany) gave Daemen a 2-0 lead. Then, in the 29th minute, freshman defenseman Alexander Khademi (Stockholm, Sweden) scored his first of the season off a pass from Cupello to give Daemen a 3-0 lead at the half. Tamas Nagy scored RWC's lone goal of the afternoon in the 60th minute off an assist from Justin Robertson to conclude the game's scoring.
  • Daemen played the final 56 minutes of play with only 10 men on the field after sophomore forward Chris Cox (Buffalo, N.Y.) received a red card in the 34th minute.
  • Roberts Wesleyan outshot Daemen, 24-4, in the contest and outedged the Wildcats in corner kicks 9-2.
  • Hölscher, Khademi and Lewin had one shot on goal each for Daemen.
  • Junior goalkeeper Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) made his third start of the season and made a new season-high 12 saves against the Redhawks, with seven of them coming in the first half alone. This surpassed his eight-save performance in the season opener against Gannon on March 21.

GAME NOTES
  • In their last 10 matches dating back to 2013, Daemen is now 5-4-1 against Roberts Wesleyan. This is Daemen's first victory against RWC since a 1-0 win at Karrer Field on Sept. 22, 2018. This is also just the third time Daemen and RWC met for the second time in a season (2011 and 2013.)
  • Today was the first time Daemen scored three or more goals in the 2018 season finale, a 4-0 win vs. St. Thomas Aquinas on Oct. 27, 2018.
  • Daemen has won now consecutive matches for the first time since their victories against Gannon (3-2 on Sept. 10, 2018) and Molloy (2-1 on Sept. 15, 2018.)
  • Including the goal scored by Montero Guerrero in the 80th minute in the first match against RWC on March 27, Daemen has now outscored their opponents, 6-1.  
  • Today was Cupello's first multi-assist game since he recorded two assists in Daemen's 3-2 victory against Molloy in their season finale on Oct. 28, 2017.
  • Prior to the contest, Daemen men's soccer held a pregame ceremony for Nate Sorgi. Sorgi was a three-year member of Daemen men's soccer before he opted out prior to this season and will not be returning to the team. The Elma, NY native will graduate from Daemen College in May as a physical therapy major. After not appearing in any games as a true freshman in the 2017 season, Sorgi made his collegiate debut as a reserve in Daemen's road matched at nationally-ranked Notre Dame (Ohio) on Oct. 9, 2018. Sorgi appeared in a total of 19 games with Daemen and made six starts in his junior campaign in 2019. 
  • Sunday marked the fourth of five contests on the abbreviated spring schedule for Daemen which runs through April 30. The Wildcats' 2020 season had been delayed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ON THE HORIZON
Daemen concludes their spring season when they visit ECC newcomer D'Youville on April 30 with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m.
 
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