POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — The Marist University men's soccer team rallied from a first-half deficit to earn a 2-1 victory over Saint Peter's on Wednesday afternoon inside Tenney Stadium.
"It was a tale of two halves," head coach Matt Viggiano '99 said. "I thought we played poor in the first half. Saint Peter's did a great job pressing. They were coming at us hard, they are a good team, and we just weren't up for the battle in the first half...to the guys' credit, they responded."
"Finally got the win at home, two in a row. You want to peak at the end of the year and win games, so we're heading in the right direction."
The Red Foxes improve to 6-3-5 overall and 4-2-2 in Metro Conference play, while the Peacocks fall to 4-6-4 overall and 2-4-2 in conference play.
- Saint Peter's opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Connall McErlain found the back of the net off an assist from Leo Coval.
- Marist continued to pressure the Peacocks in the second half, eventually finding the equalizer in the 76th minute. Graduate student forward Mani Diop headed home a corner kick in the 76th minute, with junior Evan Marques providing the assist to level the score at 1-1.
- Five minutes later, senior captain forward Chris Verheul scored the game-winner with a header off a corner kick from junior midfielder Caio Cavaletti, giving Marist a 2-1 lead in the 81st minute.
- Marist held on for the remainder of the contest to secure the comeback victory.
- Diop scored his sixth goal of the season.
- Verheul recorded his team-best seventh goal of the season.
- Marques recorded his third assist, while Cavalettie notched his team-best seventh assist of the season.
- Junior goalkeeper Alex Murania made four saves.
- Marist outshot Saint Peter's 16-12 and held a 9-7 advantage in corner kicks.
- The Red Foxes travel to Manhattan for a Metro matchup on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m.
