Men's Soccer Defeats Sacred Heart, 6-1

Aug. 29, 2003

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- The Providence College men's soccer team opened the season with a 6-1 victory against Sacred Heart on Friday, August 29 at the Central Connecticut State Soccer Cup in New Britain, Conn. It marks the first time the Friars scored six goals in a game since 1987.

Sophomore Eoin Lynch (Yarmouth, Maine) led the Friars with three goals. Lynch opened the scoring 12 minutes into the game when he knocked in a pass from sophomore Anthony Petrarca (Johnston, R.I.). The Pioneers answered right back 16 seconds later knotting the score at one off a free kick goal from Ricarti Mendes. Senior Jonathan Rhode (Guilford, Conn.) gave the Friars a 2-1 lead going into halftime when he netted a goal from a Petrarca pass.

Providence scored four unanswered goals in the second half. Two back-to-back goals from Lynch completed his first collegiate hat trick with 27 minutes left in the game. Lynch connected with Rhode's passes on both of the goals at 50:49 and 57:16. Sophomore Ian Wexler (Minnetonka, Minn.) and freshman Paul Mihich (Roswell, Ga.) scored five minutes apart at 70:35 and 75:57 to give the Friars the 6-1 win.

With the win, Providence improved to 1-0 overall, while Sacred Heart fell to 0-1 overall.

Providence College returns to action on Sunday, August 31 at Central Connecticut at 2:00 p.m.

            at New Britain, Conn.
Providence (1-0)    2   4   --  6Sacred Heart (0-1)  1   0   --  1

SCORING: PC, Eoin Lynch (Anthony Petrarca) 12:14; SH, Ricarti Mendes (unassisted) 12:30; PC, Jonathan Rhode (Anthony Petrarca) 24:18; PC, Eoin Lynch (Jonathan Rhode) 50:49; PC, Eoin Lynch (Jonathan Rhode) 57:16; PC, Ian Wexler (unassisted) 70:35; PC, Paul Mihich (unassisted) 75:57.

SAVES: PC, Jeff Newman 1 (78:30), Chris Konopka 0 (11:30):
SH, Chris Marchese 1 (59:03) Jason Roeder 0 (30:57)

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