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Marcos Lermas Escobar picked up the win between the pipes in Daemen's season-opening win today
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Saint Michael's St. Mi (0-2-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner Daemen Daemen (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Saint Michael's St. Mi
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Daemen Daemen
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Saint Michael's St. Mi 1 0 1
Daemen Daemen 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Men’s Soccer Opens Up Season With 3-1 Victory

AMHERST, N.Y. - The Daemen University men's soccer team opened up the 2022 season with a win, topping St. Michael's 3-1 at Karrer Field today. The Wildcats start the year with a 1-0 record, while the Purple Knights move to 0-2 on the season. It marked the first time since 2014 that the Widcats have opened a season with a victory.

Today's game marked the first-ever meeting between Daemen and St. Michael's.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Daemen opened up the scoring just nine minutes into the game when senior captain Derek Bartlo (Williamsville, N.Y.) put the ball into the top left corner of the net on an assist by graduate student Carlos Espana (Madrid, Spain).
  • St. Michael's responded in the 21st minute to tie the game at 1-1 on an Isaiah McCaskill penalty kick.
  • In the second half, Daemen regained the lead when freshman Riccardo Boscolo Bachetto (Chiogga, Italy) recorded his first collegiate goal in the 68th minute on an assist from junior Nassim Zahouani (Saint Denis, France) to give Daemen the 2-1 advantage.
  • Bachetto notched a second goal three minutes later when he headed home a corner kick by fellow freshman Sujan Rajamohan (Spencerport, N.Y.) to make it 3-1.
  • Daemen out-shot St. Michael's 17-5 in overall shots in the game. The Wildcats also held a 9-3 advantage in shots on goal.
  • Graduate student Marcos Lerma Escobar (Zaragoza, Spain) made one save on five shots faced. Junior Aidan McHugh made six saves on 17 shots faced for St. Michaels.

GAME NOTES

  • Daemen was picked eight in the preseason East Coast Conference poll, while St. Michael's is ranked 11th in the preseason Northeast 10 poll.
  • The Purple Knights opened up the 2022 season with a 7-0 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats return to action Thursday (Sept. 1) when they host the Pioneers of Malone University in a non-conference contest at 3 p.m.


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