Men's Soccer Blanks Emmanuel

BOSTON – The Mitchell College men's soccer team came away with a 2-0 victory over Emmanuel College in a non-conference match-up on Wednesday evening at Roberto Clemente Field.

The two teams traded possession back and forth for the early part of the contest. Senior Jaime Serrano had the first major scoring opportunity of the game, blasting a right-footed shot low to the far corner of the net. Saints goalkeeper Carlos Perez was quick to react and managed to smother the ball with lighting reflexes before it did any damage.

The Mariners (4-3-0 overall) struck first against the Saints (4-5-1 overall), with senior Will Frohnhoefer delivering a bouncing ball across the front of the net for teammate James Gleason to knock into the goal for an early 1-0 advantage. Gleason's first goal of the season would be all the scoring for the opening half.

The Saints and Mariners continued to play even soccer into the second half, when Jordan LaPorte helped save a goal for the hosts. He stood in the perfect spot in front of the net to block a sure goal for the Mariners and keep it a one-goal match.

Allan Parrelli nearly leveled the score for the Saints, ripping a shot over the diving keeper towards the top of the net. The ball bounced off the crossbar and back into play to keep the Saints down by one.

Emmanuel found its biggest chance of the game when Jesse Tannetta was pushed down from behind in the box to earn a penalty kick for the Saints. However, Mathew Koenemann's attempt sailed wide right and kept the score at 1-0.

Kevin Shirley almost grabbed a late score for the Saints, shooting a long ball that tipped off of the goalie's fingers and ricocheted once again off the crossbar. Mitchell then added its second score of the game moments later when sophomore Michael Berthiaume launched a long, looping shot that went just beyond Perez's outstretched hands and into the corner of the net.

Perez tallied four saves for the Saints while junior keeper Kevin Woodford notched five for the Mariners. Woodford also recorded his first shutout of the season and fourth of his career.

Mitchell returns to the pitch at Springfield College on Sunday, October 3 at 1 p.m.