KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College men's soccer team opened their 2025 season up at home with a 2-0 victory over Worcester State University after the Owls' leading goal scorer from last season,
Cristian Correa, scored the Owls' first goal of the year and senior
Parker Root added on another for his first career collegiate goal late in the contest.
Records
- Keene State: 1-0
- Worcester State: 0-2
Postgame Interview (Coach Schmidt)
Postgame Interview (Parker Root)...coming soon
How it Happened
The Owls were on the attack early as they recorded five shots over the first 15 minutes of action. Of the five shots, only two reached the frame as the Lancers' goalkeeper Tobias Schneider saved both attempts. Later in the half, after
Eldin Husanovic saved the first shot he saved from WSU, the Owls responded right after on the other end of the half with a foul in the box, leading to
Cristian Correa scoring the first goal of the year for KSC with 13:13 remaining in the opening half. The Owls held off the Lancers the rest of the half by blocking their only two shot attempts as they took the 1-0 lead into the half.
Both teams were more efficient with their opportunities in the second half compared to the first as the first four shots that the Owls took were all on frame, but was saved by Schneider, including two from junior transfer
Dorian Wilczynski and one from each
Luke Belisle and
Jack DiGiovanni. Despite the Owls being on the attack for a majority of the second half, the Lancers were never out of it as KSC received five yellow cards over a 27-minute span that kept giving the Lancers free kicks and opportunities, but never amounted to anything. Both teams traded possessions throughout the second half, but it was not until under six minutes remaining until a team found the back of the net in the second half. After Schneider saved the fourth shot of the half, the ball rolled right to
Parker Root, and he fired it into the back of the net to give KSC a 2-0 goal on his first goal of his collegiate career. The rest of the remaining 5:37 of the contest each team recorded another shot on target, but the opposing goalie saved it to preserve the 2-0 victory for KSC.
Inside the Box
- KSC improves to 15-3 in the all-time series against the Lancers as KSC avenged their 4-0 loss to WSU in the previous season.
- Husanovic posted a three-save shutout for the second shutout in his collegiate career, which was also his second win overall as an Owl. His other shutout and win was a 4-0 win at New England College (9/25/23) during his sophomore season.
- Schneider finished the game making seven saves on the nine shots he faced.
- Correa finished the 2024 season with a team-high 10 points coming from five goals, and he opened the season by accounting for 20% of his 2024 total coming from his goal.
- KSC had the edge on corner kicks on the day with five to just two from WSU.
Up Next
Keene State's next game is their first road contest of the 2025 season as they travel to Russell Sage College on Friday, September 5, at 4:00 PM.
Worcester State hits the road for their next contest as they still seek their first win of the season at Johnson and Wales (R.I.) University on Wednesday, September 3, at 7:00 PM.
