POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist men's soccer team defeated Saint Peter's 1-0 in the MAAC quarterfinals on Sunday evening at Tenney Stadium. With the win, the Red Foxes reach the MAAC Semifinals for the first time since the 2011 season.
- In the first half, Marist had just five shots, one of which was on goal.
- Saint Peter's responded with three shots, with one on goal that was saved by Ryan Sinnott.
- In the 47th minute, Juan Parada passed from the outside to Allen Gavilanes just outside the 18' where he took a direct shot on goal and found the bottom left corner.
- Marist's 1-0 lead held for the rest of the contest, with the Peacocks taking five more shots but none on goal.
- Marist led in shots 11-8 and shots on goal 4-1.
- This is the Red Foxes' second game in a row where the opposing offense was held to one shot on goal.
- Marist led in corner kicks 4-1.
- Gavilanes led Marist with four shots, two of which were on goal.
- It took just one save for Ryan Sinnott to earn the shutout, his second in a row. and sixth of the year.
"In a playoff game there are a lot of ebbs and flows, and it was tough" reflected Coach Matt Viggiano after the win. "I thought we played well overall. We ran them around a lot, and we had confidence we would eventually break them down and score a goal. But after you score, you have to weather a storm which is typical when you score relatively early. The other team is going to push because they had everything to play for in a playoff game and we took some punches there, but we really didn't give up any golden chances. There were a couple looks late that we might've been able to get to to put it away early, but overall it was a great learning experience. It's good to win at home, and it was a great crowd, so overall it was a great win for the program."
Having advanced to the second round of the playoffs, the Red Foxes will take on No. 2 seed Quinnipiac on Thursday.
