Men’s Soccer Falls To St. Lawrence, 4-0, In NCAA Tournament First Round To Close Out 2011 Season

11/12/2011 1:10:00 PM

Box Score

Box Score
 
        SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Nov. 12, 2011) – The Maritime men's soccer team ended the 2011 season with a 4-0 loss to St. Lawrence University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon at Western New England University's Supernant Field. The loss ends the Privateers' season at 13-6-3, while the Saints improve to 17-0-1.
 
        Maritime held the #2/3 team in the nation off the scoreboard for the first 32 minutes of the game, despite being outshot 14-2. The Privateer defense blocked four shots and junior goalkeeper Michael Vanadia (Commack, N.Y./Commack) (Commack, N.Y./Commack) turned aside all four of the Saints' shots on goal before St. Lawrence's freshman Jeremiah Bunton found the back of the net off a rebound in the 33rd minute after a shot by junior Sam DeMello. Vanadia made four more saves after the goal, while Maritime got one shot off that went high to keep the score 1-0 into the halftime break.
 
        St. Lawrence completely dominated the second half, scoring the second goal of the game just under two minutes into play, when sophomore Andrew Bednarsky scored off an assist by DeMello. The Saints made it a 3-0 game in the 56th minute with another goal by Bednarsky, this assisted by junior Brian Gilloran. Maritime would make a goalkeeper change shortly after, as sophomore John Dunne (Southold, N.Y./Southold) (Southold, N.Y./Southold) took over between the posts for the rest of the game. St. Lawrence scored the game's final goal in the 74th minute, as Bunton picked up his second of the day.
 
        Despite three shots on goal, including a team-high two by senior Jason Tursi (Farmingdale, N.Y./Plainedge) (Farmingdale, N.Y./Plainedge) in the closing minutes, the Privateers were unable to score as the Saints' senior Brian Abernethy and junior Nate Goss-Woliner combined for a shutout. Abernathy made one save and Goss-Woliner had two saves. Maritime had only six shots on the day to St. Lawrence's 14. Vanadia ended the day with 10 saves in just under 60 minutes play, while Dunne turned aside four shots.
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