PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania closed out Rhodes Field with an offensive explosion on Sunday night, scoring four times in the first half as part of a 6-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) Sunday night.
Quaker Notemeal
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Michael Hewes finished with his second brace in three nights, following his performance against Mount St. Mary's on Friday.
* The Quakers set a new single-match high for goals under head coach
Brian Gill, surpassing the five they scored against Mount St. Mary's on Friday, as well as last September.
* For the third time in nine nights, the Red and Blue also set new single-match highs under Gill in shots (24) and shots on goal (13).
* Penn scored six goals in a home match for the first time since 2008.
* Penn has scored 15 goals in its last three matches, all victories.
* Starting next Saturday, Penn Park will host all home soccer affairs for both the men's and women's programs until the 2024 Fall season.
How It Happened
Perhaps still carrying some leftover offensive firepower from a five-goal second half on Friday, Penn wasted no time finding the back of the net, taking the lead in the 2nd minute on an impeccably placed header from
Stas Korzeniowski.
In the 9th minute,
Charlie Gaffney intercepted a clearing attempt at the top of the 18-yard box and made the extra pass to
Ben Stitz across the six-yard box.
Hewes got his first goal of the night in the 18th minute off assists from Stitz and
Isaac McGinnis. McGinnis later got on the board with a rocket from the top of the 18-yard box that caught the underside of the crossbar and landed just over the goal line.
The first half ended with Penn flexing its muscle on both ends of the pitch, with the defense yielding just one shot on goal from FDU.
After FDU finally got on the board in the 65h minute, Hewes capped a beautiful left-to-right attack, burying his second of the day off feeds from Korzeniowski and Gaffney in the 70th.
Off a
Mateo Zazueta-delivered corner kick in the 81st minute,
Mattias Hanchard placed a header from about 10 yards out into the six-yard box where
Brandon Curran flicked the ball into the top left corner for his first collegiate goal.
Up Next
Penn will carry its three-match win streak into Chicago next Sunday for a 2 p.m. ET kickoff with the DePaul Blue Demons, who have drawn two of their last three matches, both against Top 25 opponents.
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