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Alejo Caceres settling a ball
1
Winner Southern N.H. SNHU (10-5-3, 4-5-1)
0
Southern Conn. St. SCSU (6-8-3, 4-5-1)
Winner
Southern N.H. SNHU
(10-5-3, 4-5-1)
1
Final
0
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
(6-8-3, 4-5-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern N.H. SNHU 1 0 1
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Reaches NE10 Title Match With 1-0 Win at Southern Connecticut

Penmen are in the NE10 finals for the first time since 2015

When and Where: November 9, 2023 – New Haven, Conn. (Jess Dow Field)
Score: #7 seed Southern New Hampshire University 1, #6 seed Southern Connecticut State University 0
Records: SNHU 10-5-3, SCSU 6-8-3

Sophomore Alejo Caceres (Cordoba, Argentina) scored in the 37th minute, as the seventh-seeded Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team secured its third straight shutout with a 1-0 victory over sixth-seeded Southern Connecticut State University in an NE10 Championship semifinal Thursday night at Jess Down Field. SNHU advances to its ninth NE10 title match.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Caceres – 1 goal
  • Junior Preston Neal (Windham, N.H.) – 1 save; shutout
KEY MOMENTS
  • Southern New Hampshire broke the ice 8:39 before halftime when Caceres hit a low shot into the right side of the net that wound up being the only score of the contest.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Southern Connecticut 'keeper Devin Juan stopped six of the seven shots he faced.
  • The Penmen dominated in shots, 22-6, including 8-1 in shots on target.
  • Corner kicks were even, 4-4.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire has now won three-in-a-row and extends its shutout streak to 341:33
  • SNHU, which is in the NE10 Championship for the 23rd consecutive season, improves to 26-10-6 (.683) all-time in the NE10 postseason, including 4-1 against Southern Connecticut. In the last meeting, the top-seeded Penmen recorded a 5-2 victory against the second-seeded Owls in the 2014 title match.
  • Southern New Hampshire will meet in-state rival Franklin Pierce University in the NE10 Championship match Sunday (Nov. 12) at 4 p.m. The top-ranked and top-seeded Ravens (16-0-1) edged SNHU, 1-0, at home in the regular season Oct. 28. The Penmen are 7-1 all-time in the NE10 title match.
  • The Penmen are the second No. 7 seed ever to reach the NE10 finals. Le Moyne College also did it last season, falling to top-seeded Franklin Pierce, 2-0.
  • Southern Connecticut leads the all-time series, 30-20-8. SNHU has captured 12 of the last 15 meetings, though the teams have split the last four. The Owls scored a 3-1 victory at home against SNHU in the regular season Oct. 21. The win snaps a two-match skid at Southern Connecticut for the Penmen, who pick up their first road win in the series since Sept. 26, 2018 (4-2).
  • Caceres' goal is the second of his first season with the Penmen.
  • Neal's third consecutive clean sheet is his sixth of the year and ninth of his career.
  • SNHU is now 132-36-23 (.751) over its last 191 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The seventh-seeded Penmen travel to top-seeded and top-ranked Franklin Pierce for the NE10 Championship match Sunday (Nov. 12) at 4 p.m.
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