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Winner Daemen DAE (3-10-1, 2-5-0)
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D'Youville DYU (0-12-0, 0-7-0)
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D'Youville DYU
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Wildcats Keep Post Season Hopes Alive With 3-2 Win Over Saints

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's soccer team kept its post-season hopes alive with a 3-2 victory over D'Youville University this afternoon at Dobson Field. Daemen improved to 3-10-1 overall and 2-5-0 in the East Coast Conference, while the host Saints fell to 0-12-0 overall and 0-7-0 in the league.

The win leaves the Wildcats in seventh place in the league standings with one game to play. The top six teams advance to the ECC Championship tournament, which begins next week. Daemen trails sixth-place Molloy University (3-10-3, 2-4-1) by one point. The Wildcats will need to defeat Mercy University this Saturday, and hope that Molloy loses or draws with the College of Staten Island on Saturday.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Daemen opened the scoring today just seven minutes into the game when junior Rayane Baitiche (Thionville, France) scored off a feed from freshman Elijah Douglas (Clarence, N.Y.)
  • The hosts evened the score seven minutes later following a goal by freshman Ethan Robinson.
  • The game remained 1-1 until the 26th minute when senior Dennis Montero Guerrero (Weingarten, Germany) netted an unassisted goal for the Wildcats.
  • Daemen took a 2-1 lead into halftime.
  • D'Youville evened the score once again 10 minutes into the second half following a goal by freshman Ben Calkins.
  • The Wildcats netted what would prove to be the game-winning goal with 25 minutes left to play, as sophomore Jean Tilo (Nassau, Bahamas) scored off a pass from senior Alexander Khademi (Stockholm, Sweden).
  • Daemen limited the Saints to just one shot on goal the rest of the way to secure the win.
  • Daemen totaled a season-high 27 shots in the game, but only put six shots on goal. The Saints finished with 17 total shots and six shots on goal.
  • Senior Harry Firth (Reading, England) went the distance in goal for the Wildcats and made four saves. Freshman Jake Marks was credited with three save for the Saints.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's contest marked the seven all-time meeting between the two schools. Daemen has prevailed in all seven meetings.
  • Douglas has now totaled a team-high four goals and 10 points on the year.
  • Baitiche netted his third goal of the year.
  • Tilo netted his first career goal.
  • Daemen has scored 17 goals this season and 15 have been scored by newcomers.
UP NEXT
The Wildcats close out the regular season with an ECC match at Mercy on Saturday (Oct. 28).
 

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