Stony Brook, N.Y. - Freshman Leonardo Fernandes (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season and redshirt freshmanAnthony Rogic (Boonton, N.J.) made a career-high eight saves as the Stony Brook men's soccer team defeated Hartford, 1-0, on Senior Night at LaValle Stadium on Saturday night. With the win, the Seawolves locked up the #2 seed and earned a bye in next week's America East Tournament. Unbeaten in the last five games, Stony Brook is 5-9-3, 4-2-1. Hartford is 7-7-2, 4-2-1.
Rogic, who has allowed just two goals in the last five games, came up brilliantly on Hartford's first and only legitimate scoring chance. Sam Groves dribbled around a defender and blasted a shot that went through senior Collin Geoghegan's (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) legs. Anticipating a high shot, Rogic dived high to his left to make the save and keep the game scoreless.
On Stony Brook's next possession, a throw-in gave Stony Brook the early lead. In the 21st minute, freshman Antonio Crespi's (North Babylon, N.Y.) throw-in bounced through the box and found the leg of Fernandes, who tucked the shot into the lower right hand corner for the score.
Despite outshooting Stony Brook, 23-10, Hartford never managed any kind of scoring threat the rest of the game.
The 13 points recorded during conference play by Stony Brook is the most since 2005 when it went 6-1-1 on its way to an America East Championship and the NCAA Tournament.
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Stony Brook will await the winner of #3 Hartford and #6 Boston University to be played on November 7 at 7 pm. Prior to the game, seniors Diego Acero (Greenport, N.Y.), Oscar Leis(Ozone Park, N.Y.), Damion Brown (Kingston, Jamaica), James Palumbo (Carmel, N.Y.) and Geoghegan were honored.
