POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's soccer team defeated Niagara 3-0 on Wednesday evening at Tenney Stadium to clinch the No. 3 spot in the MAAC standings. With the win, the Red Foxes finish with a 7-5-4 overall record, going 6-2-2 in the MAAC for their best conference finish ever. They will host No. 6Saint Peter's on Sunday.

RECAP

• After many close chances in the first half, Marist got on the board at 33:25. Allen Gavilanes put a good ball in front of Samad Bounthong, who was standing right next to the goal. Bounthong rifled it in for the score.
• The Red Foxes would score again at 66:48, with Gavilanes crossing up a defender to find Juan Parada for the goal.
• Marist would score its third goal at 80:49. Justin Jaime converted a free kick from just outside the box into the upper 90 of the net for his first career goal.

KEY STATS

• Marist fired off 30 shots while holding Niagara to five total.

• The Red Foxes had nine shots on goal to Niagara's one.

• 18 of Marist's chances came in the second half.

• Justin Jaime's goal was the first of his career.

• Goalkeeper Ryan Sinnott needed only save to secure the shutout     

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"We took care of business at home, and I would say we dominated most of the game. We had the majority of the possession and a ton of chances, so we did our jobs today" lauded Coach Matt Viggiano. "They tend to get frustrated when the ball isn't going into the net, like in the first half when we hit the post and the crossbar. At halftime we told them to just stick to their principles and the chances will come, and some will go in. At the beginning of the year we didn't think we'd have trouble scoring goals and our issues would come from keeping the ball in the back of the net, but it's kind of been the reverse. The guys should be proud of themselves; this is the best we've ever finished. We're at home for a playoff game. We had that situation a couple years ago and we came out a little flat. The guys that were here can learn from that, and if we play our game we feel we can beat anyone in the conference."

UP NEXT

The Red Foxes will host the MAAC Quarterfinal game on Sunday, November 4.The opponent is Saint Peter's, who clinched the sixth seed after the results of today's games. Kickoff time to be determined.