When and Where: October 23, 2021 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Stadium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 4, University of New Haven 1
Records: SNHU 8-4-1 (6-2-1 NE10), UNH 5-5-2 (2-5-2 NE10)

Freshman Alexander Reiter (Salzburg, Austria) scored twice to lead the Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team to a 4-1 triumph over the University of New Haven on Saturday night at Penmen Stadium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Reiter – 2 goals
• Graduate student Nadjib Chibout (Lyon, France) – goal
• Senior Gabe Pinhancos (No. Attleboro, Mass.) – goal

KEY MOMENTS

• Chibout opened the scoring in the eighth minute by punching home a feed from fellow grad student Kiko Hernandez (Madrid, Spain) to give Southern New Hampshire a 1-0 lead.
• Reiter scored a back-breaker of a goal at what was officially the 44:59 mark, finding the back of the net with four-tenths of a second on the clock to send SNHU to the break with a 2-0 advantage.
• Graduate student Kwesi Allen (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) set up Pinhancos' second of the season in the 59th minute to make it 3-0.
• The Penmen had a goal waved off on a questionable offsides call in the 69th minute, with New Haven then taking advantage to score and trim its deficit to 3-1 just seconds later.
• Junior Michael Garcia (New Bedford, Mass.) picked up his second assist of the season on Reiter's second goal of the match early in the 87th minute.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Jackson Rivers (Epping, N.H.) stopped one of the two shots he faced.
• New Haven 'keeper Themis Kastoris made eight saves.
• The Penmen outshot the Chargers, 17-5, including 8-2 in shots on target.
• SNHU also owned an 8-1 advantage in corner kicks.

NOTES

• The Penmen are now unbeaten in their last six matches (5-0-1), as well as six of their last seven (6-1-1), and have won four-in-a-row.
• Southern New Hampshire leads the all-time series with New Haven, 28-4-1, and has now won 24 of the last 25 meetings, including eight straight. The last Penmen loss against the Chargers came at home Oct. 20, 2012 (2-1).
• After missing six straight contests due to injury, Chibout has now scored a goal in each of his first three starts back.
• It was the second two-goal game for Reiter, who now leads the team in goals (6) and points (13).
• SNHU improves to 111-23-16 (.793) over its last 150 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
• The Penmen are now 79-11-10 (.840) over their last 100 contests at home, including 17-4-3 (.771) at Penmen Stadium.
• Southern New Hampshire honored its nine graduating seniors prior to the match, including Chibout, Hernandez, Allen, Rivers, Santiago Rojas (Tunja, Colombia), Jannik Mohr (Koblenz, Germany), Michael Goncalves (Ludlow, Mass.), Rafael Raposo (Dartmouth, Mass.) and Tommy Golden (Westbury, N.Y.)

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Wednesday, Oct. 27 (3 p.m.) when they take on Saint Anselm College.
• The next and final regular-season home match for SNHU is Wednesday, Nov. 3 (7 p.m.) when it plays host to Stonehill College at Penmen Stadium.

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