AMHERST, Mass. – Junior Fabrizio Savarino scored his second game-winning goal of the weekend to push the St. Bonaventure men's soccer team past Massachusetts picking up a 1-0 Atlantic 10 victory on Sunday afternoon at Rudd Field.

The win against UMass marks the first time the Bonnies defeated the Minutemen since 1999 when St. Bonaventure won with the same score of today's game. St. Bonaventure is now 9-6, 5-2 in the Atlantic 10. The five conference wins are the most for the Bonnies since 1999 when the team went 8-4.

“It was a great weekend for the players in our program. Today's win against a very hard working, well coached UMass team breaks a 10-year drought and puts us in postseason position,” said head coach Mel Mahler. “We've been striving for this when we brought the seniors in four years ago. The players are enjoying the results of their hardwork.”

Savarino headed home the game winning goal at the 31:31 mark of the match. Senior Sam Maheu carried the ball up the right flank before slipping a pass to senior Joe Miller who sent a cross into the 18-yard box.  The goal is Savarino's sixth of the season and third game-winning goal to give him a total of 13 points on the season.

With Maheu's assist, the senior now moves into seventh on the all-time scoring list with 56 points off 21 goals and 14 assists in his four years.

St. Bonaventure edged the Minutemen offensively leading in shots 14-9 and corner kicks 7-6. Junior keeper David Flynn picked up one save and his fifth shutout of the season, matching last year's performance.

Now one win shy of registering double-digit victories for the first time since 1999, St. Bonaventure will travel to Duquesne on Friday. Kick-off is set for 5 p.m. The Bonnies then return home for the make-up game against Dayton on Sunday for senior day at McGraw-Jennings Field. Game time is 1 p.m.

“We still have two matches remaining and nothing is set for the postseason so our focus is to get ready for Duquesne and Dayton this coming weekend.”