Mens Soccer Records Third Straight Shutout, Tops Widener, 3-0

Junior Daniel Jones dished out three assists in the win over Widener on Saturday.

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Center Valley, PA (September 29, 2007) – The DeSales University men's soccer team recorded its third straight shutout and is now unbeaten in four straight games as they topped Widener University, 3-0, in a non-conference game on Saturday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd on Homecoming afternoon at DeSales.

The Bulldogs defense led by sophomore Tony Aufiero (Wall, NJ/Wall), junior Tim Hall (Montclair, VA/Bishop Ireton), junior Andrew Marshall (Greene, NY/Greene Central) and senior Chris Ravita (Lebanon, NJ/North Hunterdon), have not allowed a goal in the last 352:09 and improve their season record to 3-7-1 overall with the win. Senior Rusty Riedmiller (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) took over first place all-time at DeSales with 235 career saves and recorded his third shutout of the season and the 18^th of his career on the afternoon.

On the offensive end, junior Daniel Jones (Ronks, PA/Pequea Valley) dished out three assists and junior German Reyes (Beach Lake, PA/Honesdale) scored two goals to lead the attack. Reyes put the Bulldogs on the board at the 38:58 mark of the first half when he took a pass from Jones, slide-stepped the charging Pride goalkeeper and deposited the ball into a wide open net to five the hosts a 1-0 lead.

About 13 minutes into the second half Reyes struck again on a beautiful goal. Freshman Nicholas Lanza (Doylestown, PA/LaSalle) found Jones in the left corner, Jones took one-touch and fed a centering pass into the box where Reyes leaped high in the air and headed home his second marker of the game. The Bulldogs added a third tally at the 66:26 mark when Jones found sophomore Dustin Sturm (North Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May) who scored his third goal of the season to provide the final margin.

DSU out-shot Widener 22-12 and held a 6-2 advantage on corner kicks. Marty Squicciarini made five saves in the loss for the Pride who fall to 5-5 overall on the season.

DSU returns to action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Muhlenberg College for a non-conference game beginning at 7:00 pm.

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