Colchester, V.T- The Chargers took the long road trip up to Vermont this afternoon to take on the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's to finish of their 2023 regular season. New Haven put up a good and even fight, but unfortunately an unlucky Saint Michael's goal in the last minute would send the Chargers home with the loss.

Despite the final score, the Chargers put up a total of 12 shots, only trailing the Purple Knights by 7. Goalkeeper Gianluca Cerosimo (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Escuela Arentina Modelo) made a total of 11 saves on the afternoon, keeping the game scoreless up until the last minute. Cerosimo with his performance on the game, grabbed a season high and a career-high with the Chargers, with 11 saves on 12 shots faced.

Sophomores Oskar Kvarnback (Stockholm, Sweden/Bromma Gymnasium) and Augustus McGiff (Brookhaven, N.Y./Bellport) led on the offensive for the blue and gold. Kvarnback finding a team high of four shots, two landing on goal, and McGiff finding two shots with one on goal. Nino Scolieri for the Falcons was the leading shooter for the Purple Knights, finding five, while Mikel Penin was the lone goal scorer on the afternoon.

After almost a full game was played with each team scoreless, the game almost ended with a tie. With 57 seconds left in the game, Miel Penin take a shot, which would be saved by Cerosimo, but would reflect into the box, where Penin would finish it off from his own rebound.

With seconds running down on the clock, the Chargers made their way up field looking for the equalizer, where Tyrone Malango (Mount Vernon, N.Y./) would find a header shot. Saint Michael's goalkeeper Liam Barrett would make the save, pushing the ball over the goal-line for a corner kick. Adam Lindstrom (Orbero, Sweden/Grillska Gymnasiet) on the ball would send it in, for a shot by Sean Lane-Turnbull (Wellington, New Zealand/Rongotai College) which would be blocked as time ran off the clock.

With the loss, the Chargers ended their season with an overall record of 6-7-2, and a conference record of 2-6-2. New Haven made extensive strides in comparison to their 2022 season where they went 1-10-4 overall, with a 1-7-3 conference record.