Box Score Final Score: Niagara 1 – St. Bonaventure 0
Records: St. Bonaventure 0-2-0 | Niagara 3-3-0
Location: McGraw-Jennings (St. Bonaventure, N.Y.)
The Short Story:
The St. Bonaventure men's soccer team dropped a tough one today at McGraw-Jennings Field as they fell to Little Three rival Niagara Purple Eagles, 1-0.
While each squad had their share of opportunities in regulation, neither team was able to capitalize, which forced the game into overtime. It would only take Niagara three minutes into the first overtime period to find the back of the net as Nicholas Watson received the pass from Andrew Ferguson to place the ball into the bottom corner of the net.
For the Bonnies, freshman Kieran Toland recorded a career-high four shots, which two of the shots would be on target. In the 75th minute, Toland took a free-kick that was just outside the goalkeeper's box and forced a nice save by the Purple Eagles keeper.
With the win today the Niagara Purple Eagles retains the WNY Big 4 Shield. This was the first match-up for the Bonnies against Big 4 opponents. They will face Canisius later this month and Buffalo in October.
Inside The Stats:
● The Brown and White outshot Niagara by a total of 13-9. St. Bonaventure tallied 10 shots in the second half.
● Eight St. Bonaventure players recorded a shot in today's game. Led by Kieran Toland's four shots, Garrett Pasono and Jimmy Barrios followed behind Toland as they recorded two shots, while Nicholas Perillo, Blagoja Dimitrievski, Breno Calgari, Eddie Keen and Connor Magnusen each registered one shot.
● There was a total of 23 fouls and four yellow cards given out in the match. SBU was whistled for 12 fouls and one yellow card, while Niagara had 11 fouls and three yellow cards.
● Redshirt senior goalkeeper Jeremy Figler was called upon to make four saves as he faced five shots on net.
● The Bonnies are now 29-15-3 against Niagara all-time.
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Next Up:
St. Bonaventure hits the road for the first time this season as they travel to Rider to face-off against the Broncs on Sunday, September 21 at 12:00 p.m. Rider is currently 2-1-1.
