When and Where: October 12, 2024 – Garden City, N.Y. (Motamed Field )
Score: #19 Southern New Hampshire University 1, Adelphi University 0
Records: SNHU 9-1-0 (6-0-0 NE10), Adelphi 6-3-2 (3-1-1 NE10)
Junior
Alejo Caceres (Cordoba, Argentina) shattered a scoreless deadlock in the 73rd minute to left the 19th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Adelphi University on Saturday at Motamed Field.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Caceres – goal
- Senior Preston Neal (Windham, N.H.) – 3 saves
KEY MOMENTS
- With 17:40 remaining in the match, Caceres dribbled down the middle of the field, split a pair of defenders, deked a third and then fired a left-footed shot into the top-left corner of the net.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Arango Santiago started in goal for Adelphi and stopped the only shot he faced in the opening 58:07. Chris Interiano made one save in the final 31:53.
- Shots were even (11-11), while SNHU put one more on target than Adelphi (4-3).
- The Penmen also doubled up the Panthers in corner kicks, 4-2.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire, ranked 19th in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, have won seven-in-a-row. Adelphi, which had been receiving votes in the poll last week, sees its six-match unbeaten streak (5-0-1) come to an end.
- The current seven-match win streak is the longest since SNHU opened the 2018 season with nine consecutive wins.
- The Penmen lead the all-time series with Adelphi, 9-7-0, and have won four straight meetings, including two-in-a-row on the road.
- Caceres, the NE10 assist leader (7), scores his first goal of the season and third of his career. His nine points rank fourth on the team.
- Neal improves to 8-1 on the season with a now-career-best seven shutouts – the most in the league. It is the 16th clean sheet of his career, which is one shy of the program's all-time top-10 list.
- SNHU is 140-38-24 (.752) over its last 202 matches dating back to the beginning of the 2013 National Championship season.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen are back in action Sunday, Oct. 20 (1 p.m.) when they take a break from NE10 play to battle Mercy University.
- The next home game for SNHU at Ouellette Stadium will be Wednesday, Oct. 23 (1 p.m.) versus Wilmington (Del.) University.