First half goals lift Southern Connecticut over UMass Lowell, 2-1

Saturday, October 20

Lowell, MA

12:00 PM

University of Massachusetts Lowell

11-3-1, 10-2-0NE-10

Southern Connecticut State University

7-5-1, 5-5-1NE-10

Team	1	2	Final F
Southern Connecticut	2	0	2
UMass Lowell	1	0	1

Sophomore Homero Morais: Leveled in the 16th minute.

Photo by: Bob Ellis

First half goals lift Southern Connecticut over UMass Lowell, 2-1

10/20/2012 2:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Morais nets 10th goal of the season; at Dominican next

Sophomore F Homero Morais (Somerville, Mass.) netted his 10^th goal of the season, but it wasn't enough as No. 7 UMass Lowell dropped a 2-1 decision to Southern Connecticut in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup Saturday at Cushing Field.

With the loss, the River Hawks fell to 11-3-1 overall and 10-2-0 in NE-10 play entering Tuesday's non-conference clash at Dominican (3:30).

Morais' goal was a 16^th-minute header on a free kick from sophomore M Felipe Fagundes (Lowell, Mass.).

Meanwhile, Southern Connecticut capitalized on its scoring chances. F Mario DiMiceli found the back of the net twice for his 11^th and 12^th goals of the season.

The first goal came in eighth minute on a cross from F Daquan King that beat the UMass Lowell defender. DiMiceli's goal gave Southern Connecticut a 1-0 lead.

The second goal came in 44^th minute of a 1-1 game. This time, the assist came from F Doural Scott who drew the defense on a two-on-one break before finding DiMiceli open in front of the net.

Southern Connecticut improved to 7-5-1 overall and 5-5-1 in the Conference.

UMass Lowell had plenty of chances to score, but the Southern Connecticut defense rose to the task. In the 33^rd minute, Morais was blocked on two consecutive shots in front of the opposing goal.

UMass Lowell outshot Southern Connecticut 17-14 overall but shots on target were even at 5-5.

Junior Chris Maierle (Wantagh, N.Y.) had three saves while sophomore Stephen Sasso stopped four shots.