Men's Soccer Downs Sacred Heart, 5-0

THE BASICS:

Score: Holy Cross 5, Sacred Heart 0

Records: Holy Cross (1-1-2, 0-0-0 Patriot League), Sacred Heart (1-3-1, 0-0-0 NEC)

Location: Worcester, Mass. (Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium)

Date: September 11, 2015

Time: 4:05 p.m.

The Lead: Junior Joey DeVivo (Ridgefield, Conn.) led the Crusaders with two goals and one assist for five points, as the Holy Cross men's soccer team defeated the Sacred Heart Pioneers 5-0 at Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium on Friday afternoon.

POSTGAME INTERVIEW WITH JOEY DEVIVO AND HIGHLIGHTS

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Sophomore Yuji Callahan (Okinawa, Japan) started off the game with a goal assisted by DeVivo and senior Diego Ceron (Belleville, N.J.). DeVivo received the ball from Ceron and sent a crossing pass to Callahan who controlled it in front of the net scoring from 18 yards out in the 11th minute (10:52).
Ceron had another assist when he passed the ball to sophomore Arno Rupp (Wolfsberg, Austria) who then followed with a crossing pass towards DeVivo who kicked a one-timer into the back of the net making the score 2-0 in the 14th minute (13:11).
Senior Eddie Gibbons (Bellport, N.Y.) sent a crossing pass to freshman Mason Brummett (Bow, N.H.), who then redirected it to DeVivo who knocked it into the lower left corner of the net in the 20th minute (19:58).
The Crusaders kept lighting up the scoreboard when Callahan kicked the ball from the corner of the field to Rupp, who deflected it to sophomore Eric Dixon (San Diego, Calif.) who kicked it into the lower left side of the net for a goal in the 27th minute, making the score 4-0.
Senior Captain Kevin Wright (McKinney, Texas) had an outstanding save in the 55th minute from a shot by Kieran Walsh in the second half, keeping the score at 4-0.
Callahan worked hard to keep the ball in bounds on the right side of the net, snuck past his defender and passed it across the goal line to freshman Owen Azrak (Bedford, N.Y.) who rocketed the ball into the back of the net at the 64th minute (63:39).
Soon after, DeVivo fired a shot 25 yards out to the right hand corner of the goal but goalie Tucker Hackett got his hands on the ball.
Jamal Vinson directed a shot to the top left corner off a free kick with just under one minute left in the game and freshman goalie Henry Stutz (Cincinnati, Ohio) made a phenomenal save to end the game and bring the Crusaders to a 5-0 victory.

VIDEO HENRY STUTZ SAVE

KOOLMAN ON THE GAME:

“In the final third, things started to click well and the service for our forwards was good,” said Holy Cross head coach Marco Koolman. “The one thing we said was you don't quit until the ball is in the back of the net, and in the first half particularly we did a really good job of that.”

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Wright made two saves and Stutz made one save for the Crusaders. Hackett made five saves for the Pioneers.
Holy Cross outshot Sacred Heart 21-5 overall and 5-3 in shots on goal.
The Crusaders took eight corner kicks to the Pioneers' three.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

This were the most goals scored by the Crusaders since netting five in the 5-3 win against St. Bonaventure on September 8th, 2006.
DeVivo now has 17 career goals and three assists for 37 points.
Dixon and Azrak both had their first goals of their careers.
Brummett and Gibbons posted their first career points with an assist each.
Callahan posted one goal and two assists for four points tonight. His four points are a career best.

UP NEXT:

The Crusaders return to action on Sunday, September 13 when they play Brown in Providence, R.I., at 4:30 p.m.

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