McCarthy Nets First Career Hat Trick, Pruchnik Picks Up First Win In Goal As Men's Soccer Tops Becker, 5-0
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Mass. Maritime (1-1) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Becker (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN’S SOCCER
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Alumni Field, Leicester, Mass.
FINAL: MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 5, BECKER 0
LEICESTER, Mass. -- Junior Thomas McCarthy (Tybee Island, Ga.) netted his first career hat trick to lead Massachusetts Maritime to a 5-0 non-league college men’s soccer victory over Becker Wednesday afternoon at Alumni Field.
McCarthy gave the visiting Buccaneers (1-1), who were playing their second match in a 21-hour span, the only goal they would need just 7:23 into the contest on a feed from fellow junior Scott Matoian (Mashpee, Mass.), and he extended that margin to 2-0 in the 31st minute on an assist from sophomore Alex Thompson (Mansfield, Mass.). McCarthy completed his hat trick off a second Matoian pass 9:38 after intermission, and freshmen Zach O’Neil (Scituate, Mass.) and William Taylor (Hanover, Mass.) each netted their first collegiate goal in the 64th and 82nd minutes, respectively, to close out the scoring for Massachusetts Maritime, with O’Neil’s marker coming on a feed from senior Nick Parker (Plymouth, Mass.) and Taylor’s unassisted.
Sophomore Mike Pruchnik (Rochester, Mass.) earned his first career victory in goal by making one save over the first 63-plus minutes of action for Massachusetts Maritime, while freshmen Connor Murphy (Mashpee, Mass.) and Trevor Ross (Fort Lee, Va.) were not called upon for stops over the final 37-plus minutes of play. Freshman Benjamin Cadman (Harvard, Mass.) made 10 saves in his first career start in the season opener for the host Hawks (0-1), as the Buccaneers outshot Becker by a 33-2 margin overall (15-1 on goal) for the afternoon and took three of the contest’s four corner kicks.
Massachusetts Maritime will be idle until next Wednesday evening when the Buccaneers host Wentworth in a non-league match at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 7:00 p.m., while Becker faces WPI in opening round play of the 2015 Worcester City Tournament on Friday afternoon at Worcester State’s Coughlin Field beginning at 4:00 p.m.
