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Landon Geis, Athletic Communications Student Employee
Alex Graver leads the Huskies with seven goals this season.
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Winner Southern Me. USM (4-4-4, 1-1-2)
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UMass Boston BEACS (4-5-1, 1-2-1)
Winner
Southern Me. USM
(4-4-4, 1-1-2)
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Final
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UMass Boston BEACS
(4-5-1, 1-2-1)
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Southern Me. USM 2 0 2
UMass Boston BEACS 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

Southern Maine Defeats UMass Boston 2-1; Johnson & Graver With Goals

Wagner Makes Big Second Half Penalty Stop

BOSTON  – Senior Cole Johnson (Orange, Mass./Ralph C. Mahar) and junior Alex Graver (Freeport, Maine) each scored a first half goal, and senior Gabe Wagner (Freeport, Maine) turned in an outstanding performance in net as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the UMass Boston Beacons 2-1 in Little East Conference men's soccer action. 
 
The win over UMass Boston is the first in 13 games for the Huskies, and the first win on the road in Boston over the Beacons in nearly two decades.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (4-4-4, 1-1-2 LEC)
UMass Boston (4-5-1, 1-2-1 LEC)
 
Today's game marked the 44th meeting between the UMass Boston Beacons and the University of Southern Maine Huskies.  UMass Boston leads the overall series 26-15-3.  Southern Maine's win over UMB is the first in 13 contests.  Southern Maine last defeated UMB, 1-0, on September 29, 2012 in Gorham. The win is the Huskies first win over UMB in Boston since a 2-1 result in 2007.  Last season, the Huskies battled UMass Boston to a 2-2 draw.
 
How It Happened:
  • Southern Maine opened the scoring in the first 15 minutes. After earning a corner kick, Husky senior Ahmed Al Mshakheel (Baghdad, Iraq/Biddeford) served in a well-placed and lofted service to Johnson who struck for his fifth goal of the season with a shot to the lower right of the net in the 13th minute.
  • The Huskies doubled-up their lead in the 22nd minute off the foot of Graver. Southern Maine earned a free kick, and Graver hit a howler from 28-yards out whipping the ball in to the upper left corner for his team-leading seventh goal of the season. 
  • The Beacons halved the lead late in the opening half as Eduardo Chairico headed in a score on an assist from Parker Hamilton in the 43rd minute.
  • Boston pressed for an equalizer to start the second half, putting the first shot towards goal of the second stanza in the 54th from John Arruda.  Husky goalkeeper Wagner came up huge in the 56th when UMB was awarded a penalty shot. Beacon's Ryan Lima stepped to the spot and hit a strong shot to the left, but Wagner made the stop to keep the game at 2-1.
  • The Beacons continued to search for an equalizer. Arruda unleashed a powerful strike in the 78th, but Wagner pushed it away for a corner and then made the clear on the Beacons' service with a diving punch. The Beacons outshot Southern Maine 7-4 in the second half, but Wagner's performance in net kept the Huskies' ahead for the win.
 
The Goalkeepers:
SM: Gabe Wagner (3-3-3), 90:00, 1 GA, 4 Saves
UMB: William Martinez (0-2), 90:00, 2 GA, 1 Save
 
Inside The Stats:
  • UMass Boston led in shots 15-11 (6-3 on frame), and had a 9-1 lead in corner kicks.
  • Southern Maine is 3-1-4 on the road this season.
  • Graver (7) and Johnson (5) have accounted for 12 of the Huskies' 15 goals this season.  Johnson had recorded a point in four of the Huskies' last five games. Graver has scored in four of the Huskies' last five games. 
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine returns home on Saturday, October 10 (12:00 pm) against WestConn before hitting the road for the next two games at Bates College on Tuesday, October 13 (7:00 pm) and at VTSU-Castleton on Saturday, October 17 (4:00 pm).
           
 
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