Box Score

The Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team dropped a hard-fought road match at Stony Brook Sunday evening, 2-1, in Stony Brook, NY.  With the victory, the Seawolves improve to 2-3-2 on the season, while the Knights fall to 3-2-1 overall.

After a scoreless first half in which the Knights outshot the home team, 9-6, sophomore Jonathan Gonzalez (Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) broke the scoreless tie in the 67^th minute with a shot that deflected off Seawolves' goalie Stefan Mans to give FDU a 1-0 advantage.  The goal is Gonzalez's second of the season.

However, the lead was short-lived as Stony Brook's Berian Gobeil tied the game at one in the 70^th minute on a penalty kick.

With six minutes left in the match, Leonardo Fernandez found Raphael Abreu for the eventual game-winning goal to give the Seawolves a 2-1 lead which they would never relinquish. 

Stony Brook outshot the Knights, 10-5, in the second half to finish the game with a 16-14 advantage. 

Sophomore Jacob Lissek (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon) was tagged with his second loss of the season between the pipes for FDU but made four saves.  Mans saved five shots in goal for Stony Brook.

"This was a game we let slip away," said Head Coach Seth Roland.  "We played very well in the first half but had nothing to show for it on the scoreboard.  That hurt us."

"We scored the go-ahead goal we needed in the middle of the second half," Roland added.  "That should have been enough, but we did not manage the rest of the game well enough.  Hopefully, we will learn from a game like this, and it will ultimately help us become a better team."

The Knights will return to action on Friday, Sept. 23, when they host Manhattan in their final non-conference match.  Kick-off at University Stadium is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.