BOSTON, MA - The Keene State College men's soccer team netted three second-half goals, including the eventual game-winner by senior defender Caleb Patterson (Barrington, NH), to defeat host University of Massachusetts Boston, 4-2, this afternoon in a Little East Conference match at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston. 

The Beacons fall to 8-7-0 overall and 1-5-0 in LEC play, while the Owls improve to 8-4-4 and 3-2-1.

The first three and half minutes of the match saw a flurry of scoring as UMass Boston wasted no time getting on the board when senior midfielder Emile Pierre-Louis (Medford, MA) found freshman midfielder Alex Cavallero (Lenox, MA) at the left corner of the box for a wicked shot that ricocheted off the Keene State keeper and into the back of the net for his third goal of the season just 37 seconds into the match to give the Beacons a 1-0 edge.  The Owls answered just 33 seconds later when Scott Cluff (Kingston, MA) sent a cross from the right corner of the field to junior midfielder Ben Allenet (Lanfains, France), who then made a move and found the back of the right corner of the net for his second goal of the year to knot the contest at 1-1 at the 1:10 mark of the first half.  The Beacons took just under two minutes to reclaim the lead when Pierre-Louis found senior midfielder Guilherme Goncalves (Medford, MA) at the top of the box where he ripped a shot, from 18 yards out, into the back of the net for his third tally of the season and a UMB 2-1 edge with 3:09 gone in the match.

The teams remained scoreless for the remainder of the half and into the second half until Allenet took a shot that deflected off the Beacons' defense and onto the foot of sophomore defender Ross Stanton (Glenmont, NY), who scored his first goal of the season into the right corner at 57:49 of the second half to tie the contest at 2-2 for Keene State.  Patterson then gave the Owls the lead when he converted a cross, which was lofted high into the box by junior defender Steve Attardo (Braintree, MA), into the right corner of the net for a 3-2 lead at the 63:06 mark of the second stanza. 

The Beacons had a chance to tie the game when Cavallero made a bid for his second goal of the day, but Patterson blocked the shot at 66:42 to keep Keene State in front.

Sophomore forward Mike Cooley (Northborough, MA) supplied an insurance goal for the Owls with a line drive, blasted from 20 yards out, into the upper left corner of the net at 77:52 for a 4-2 advantage.

UMass Boston junior keeper Paul Maniscalco (Hanover, MA) made eight saves on the day, while senior Cal Mintz (Westport, CT) stopped four shots to earn the victory for Keene State.

The Beacons will be in action again on Tuesday, October 23 when they travel to Cambridge, MA to take on MIT at 3:30 p.m., while the Owls host Middlebury College on October 23 at 7:00 p.m.

(Courtesy UMB Sports Information)