Men's Soccer Wins on Senior Day Over Stonehill, 3-2

The Central Connecticut men's soccer team capped the season with a 3-2 win over Stonehill in Northeast Conference action on Thursday in New Britain, CT. Ethan Agyare-Danso recorded a brace in the win to power the Blue Devils' offense, while Michel Pinoncely made a season-high eight saves to backstop the defense.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score:  CCSU 3, Stonehill 2
Records: CCSU (1-14-1, 1-7-0 NEC), STO (6-9-3, 2-4-2 NEC)
Location: CCSU Soccer Field | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• The Skyhawks opened the scoring less than a minute into the contest when Shane Fonseca pounced on a loose ball in front of the net and knocked it home to make it 1-0.
• Central would level the game just three minutes later when Joey Tata played a ball ahead into the path of Agyare-Danso who squeezed his shot inside the right post to make it 1-1.
• CCSU went ahead in the 63^rd minute when Agyare-Danso sprung a Blue Devils counter-attack from their own end with a long pass ahead. Joey Tata would pick up a loose ball from in front of the net and laid it off for Agyare-Danso who rifled home his second goal of the day to make it 2-1.
• Stonehill found an equalizer just over a minute later when Tiago Lima-Bittencourt had his shot saved, but the ball fell to Jared Rapoza who tapped it in to make it 2-2.
• Zane Brown would collect the game-winner with under eight minutes to play when Trevor Rau laid the ball off for him just inside the 18-yard box and he would tuck it inside the left post.
• The Blue Devils would make a pair of stops in the waning minutes to protect the lead. With just over five minutes to play James Forrest-Hay would have a shot on the doorstep blocked by a CCSU defender. With 90 seconds remaining, the Skyhawks had a shot from the left wing that was chipped just wide of the far post.

NUMBER TO KNOW

3 – A Blue Devil has not had three goals in a game since Christopher Brown had three against Bryant on October 1, 2008.

NOTES

• CCSU's senior class of Zane Brown, Julian Layne, Michel Pinoncely, Giulio Potenti, Justin Rivas and Austin Rocke were recognized prior to the contest.
• Agyare-Danso had six shots. He finished the season with team-highs in points (9), goals (3) and assists (3).
• Pinoncely turned away a career-high eight shots.
• Tata,  Catanzaro and Rau each had their first assists of the season.
• Layne made two saves in his first career start at CCSU.
• CCSU is 1-0-2 in the all-time series.

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