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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Gobeil and Manz lead Stony Brook past Dartmouth 1-0

Berian Gobeil's diving header goal in the 34th minute was all Stony Brook needed as the Seawolves blanked Dartmouth 1-0 on the final day of the Dartmouth Classic Tournament in Hanover, N.H. Stefan Manz made four saves to record his second shutout of the season, stopping a Dartmouth team that was receiving votes in this week's NSCAA/hendickcars.com National Rankings and was fourth in the Northeast Region poll.

Stony Brook stopped a four-match losing streak and improves to 2-4-0 on the season while Dartmouth slips to 2-1-0. Holy Cross, which beat Stony Brook on Friday, finished as the tournament's victor with a 2-0 record.

Gobeil's goal came at 33:16 as Kyle Schlesinger crossed into the box and Gobeil dove with a header, putting the ball past Big Green keeper Sean Donovan. It was the sophomore's first goal of the season, and it was Schlesinger's first helper of the year.

The goal came with Dartmouth down a man. Nick Pappas was given a red card at 22:16 for his second caution of the game, leaving the Big Green with 10 players on the field for the rest of the contest. The match was chippy thoughout as Stony Brook racked up six yellow cards, most coming after the 72nd minute.

In the second half, it was all Manz as he stopped four shots on goal. Dartmouth had nine shots in the second half, including a header shot that was blocked by the Stony Brook defenders. With the match coming to an end, Manz made a big save on a shot by Andrew Olsen at 88:28 to preserve the victory.

Stony Brook will next play Friday night in its home opener against Central Connecticut State at LaValle Stadium at 7 p.m.