Men's Soccer Tames AMCATS in Regular-Season Finale, 4-0

PAXTON, Mass. - The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's soccer team concluded the 2023 regular season on the road at Anna Maria College (AMC) Tuesday night, taking down the AMCATS, 4-0, during Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play on Caparso Field in Paxton, Mass. Due to results elsewhere, the Blue Jays locked up the three-seed in the upcoming GNAC playoffs. With the result, the Blue Jays end the regular season at 12-1-3 overall and 10-1-3 in the GNAC, while the AMCATS move to 4-10-1 overall and 4-9-1 in the conference.

KEY MOMENTS 

• The game started quietly as neither team could break through the opposing defense.
• Senior midfielder Henry McGarrah V (Hartford, Conn.) would change the game, collecting the ball at the top of the box, before fighting his way past a crowd of AMCATS, firing a shot into the bottom corner to establish a 1-0 USJ edge at the 10:37 mark.
• AMC looked to quickly equalize, generating two scoring chances, but senior goalkeeper Jose Miguel Garcia Martin (Madrid, Spain) came up big, making a pair of stops to preserve the lead.
• Both teams would trade chances late in the first half, but neither side would find the back of the net, allowing USJ to enter the halftime break leading, 1-0.
• AMC would look to find the equalizer early in the first half, forcing Garcia Martin to make another pair of saves, before receiving a golden opportunity from a penalty kick at the 50:03 mark.
• Mark Cavallaro would step up for the AMCATS, but Garcia Martin dove down to his left, guessing the right way and stopping the kick.
• The Blue Jays rewarded their goalkeeper at the 60:38 mark as graduate student midfielder Nolan Clack (Hanson, Mass.) found himself wide open on the left flank, receiving the ball before faking out a defender and slotting the ball into the back of the net, increasing the USJ lead to 2-0.
• McGarrah V soon made it 3-0, securing his brace after sophomore midfielder Jason Moleiro picked out a pass to McGarrah V, who fired his shot into the net at the 66:21 mark.
• AMC tried to get on the scoreboard moments later, but junior goalkeeper El Hadji Anne (Bronx, N.Y.), who entered the match in the 61^st minute, denied the AMCATS, keeping the score at 3-0 entering the 75^th minute.
• Moleiro would turn provider again, picking out a streaking freshman midfielder Jovany Montano (New Cannan, Conn.) up the middle of the field before firing his shot past the outrushing keeper, increasing the lead to 4-0 at the 78:22 mark.
• The lead would prove too much to overcome as USJ would secure the victory, 4-0.

UP NEXT

The Blue Jays will begin its quest to repeat as GNAC Champions, hosting the GNAC Quarterfinals on Saturday, October 28. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

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