SPARKILL, N.Y. - The University of New Haven men's soccer team got goals from three different players, but the Chargers fell 4-3 to the Saint Thomas Aquinas Spartans in a non-conference match on Wednesday afternoon. New Haven is now 5-4-1 on the season. 

Key Players

·         Rob Poirier (Old Lyme, Conn./Lyme-Old Lyme), Nate Peduzzi (Old Lyme, Conn./Lyme-Old Lyme) and Ben Lamb (Keighley, England/Oakbank) each scored for the Chargers. 

·         Frank Norosky (Mystic, Conn./Fitch) and Pablo Perez (Medellin, Columbia/West Haven) had assists for New Haven. 

·         Charlie Crane had a goal and an assist for St. Thomas Aquinas.

How it Happened

·         After the Spartans scored the initial goal of the contest less than 10 minutes in, the Chargers responded, tallying on a penalty kick goal from Poirier, his sixth goal of the season. 

·         Trailing 2-1 at the half, New Haven scored twice in a span of 17 seconds in the 55th minute. At the 54:02 mark, Peduzzi took a feed from Norosky at the top of the area and rocketed it past the keeper to tie the score at 2-2. Shortly after, following a foul against STAC, Perez served a ball into the area where Lamb redirected it home at the 54:19 mark. 

·         The Spartans tied the match in the 72nd minute on a free kick and scored the game-winner in the 89th minute off a header that came from a scramble in the box. 

By the Numbers

·         New Haven held an 8-7 edge in shots on goal

·         St. Thomas Aquinas took 10 corner kicks to three for the Blue and Gold.

Up Next
New Haven is in action next on Saturday, Oct. 8 when it travels to Manchester, N.H. to take on the Southern New Hampshire Penmen in a Northeast-10 Conference match. Kickoff from Larkin Field is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.