EAST BOSTON – Suffolk men's soccer reentered the win column in convincing fashion as it cruised past Curry, 5-1, Saturday afternoon at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park. Seven Rams provided a point in the Commonwealth Coast Conference victory.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-4-2, 3-1-1 CCC) | Curry (6-5-3, 1-3-2 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Thanks to Brady Sorensen's first goal of the day 13:18 into the contest the Rams took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Out of the locker room, the Rams poured in four unanswered goals to build a comfortable five-goal cushion. Matthew Belluardo used a set-up from Tommy Handelsman to double the distance at the 57:35 mark.
From there, the blue-and-gold poured in three goals over a seven-minute span as Matteo Simonini, Sorensen and Taj Jensen all found the back of the net.
With 1:36 left on the clock, Angelo Santostefano eliminated the shutout as he put away a feed from McCann for the 5-1 final.
KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS
- Xander Balog registered four saves in the victory.
- Brendan Cunningham had four stops in the setback.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Sorensen scored a pair of goals to lead Suffolk's offensive output.
- Jensen contributed three points on one goal and one assist.
- Belluardo and Simonini logged one goal each.
- Handelsman, Diego Pierantozzi and Miguel Varela all handed out one assist.
- Suffolk outshot Curry, 24-14.
- The Rams put nine shots on target, while the Colonels had five attempts on net.
- The blue-and-gold took six corner kicks and Curry had four corners.
NOTEWORTY
- Suffolk defeated Curry for the first time since Oct. 23, 2021 to move to 5-1-1 all-time against the Colonels.
- The Rams are unbeaten in Boston against Curry, 4-0-0.
- The Rams have outscored the Colonels, 21-10, in the all-time series.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0-1 against Curry under Bill Maddock's guidance.
- The five goals scored are the most for the Rams versus the Colonels all-time.
- The four-goal margin of victory is the largest in the all-time series with Curry.
- Jensen has recorded points in back-to-back games. In that stretch he has two goals and one assist.
- Sorensen scored a season-best two goals.
- Sorensen extended his point streak to a career-best three games. Over that span, the senior has three goals and one helper.
- Pierantozzi dished out his first collegiate assist.
- Simonini scored his first goal of the season, second of his collegiate career.
- Handelsman handed out his sixth assist of the year.
- Belluardo logged his fourth goal of the campaign.
- Varela tallied his first assist of the year.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams head up to the University of New England Wednesday, Oct. 18 for a 4 p.m. CCC match.
