PHILADELPHIA – The #25 University of Pennsylvania men's soccer team put on a show under the lights on Friday night at Rhodes Field, shutting down Philly Soccer Six foe Temple 4-0.
 
Midfielder Patrick Cayelli and Forward Stas Korzeniowski carried Penn offensively in the battle, netting two goals each to account for the goal-scoring in the victory. Goalkeeper Phillip Falcon III handled business on the other end of the field, stopping all three of Temple's shots to earn his second consecutive shutout.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*The Quakers dominated the offensive opportunities in the match, outshooting Temple 19-4, with 11 shots coming from the first half.
 
*Korzeniowski attempted four shots on the Temple's goalkeeper, with two hitting the back of the net. 
 
*Romeo Dahlen and Aiden Frick made their collegiate debuts tonight against the Owls.
 
*Senior Charlie Gaffney was all over the field in the match, dishing out a career-high three assists.
 
*Keeper Falcon and defender Leo Burney were constants on the field the entire game, playing the full 90 minutes. 
 
How It Happened 
In this physical match, Penn started off strong as junior Cayelli scored his first collegiate goal in the tenth minute off feeds from seniors Gaffney and Burney to give the Quakers a lead they would not relinquish.

 
Senior Korzeniowski started his offensive tear shortly after the goal, attempting his first shot in the 16th minute that Owls' keeper Flannan Riley saved to keep the match at 1-0. Temple tried to retaliate three minutes later, but Falcon held strong, tallying his first save of the night.
 
The Quakers' last offensive attempts of the first half came in a frenzy during the 28th minute, as Gaffney shot one towards the left of the goal, resulting in senior Ben Do getting an opportunity at Temple's Riley that was saved, followed by senior Brandon Curran missing the goal by a hair towards the right of the crease.
 
Temple came out of the halftime break with a spark, as Elias Betancourt slammed one at Falcon that was saved. Aaron Markowitz tried to clean up on the previous play but went wide to account for Temple's last true offensive chance in the bout.
 
The Quaker offense came alive shortly after Temple's shots, as Korzeniowski finally found the back of the net in the 77th minute to double the lead.

Two minutes later, Cayelli scored his second and final of the game off a dish from defender Do to push Penn's lead to 3-0.

 
Penn put the nail in the casket during the 84th minute, as Gaffney glided down the field and crossed the ball over to Korzeniowski, who scored his second goal of the year to push the game to its final tally of 4-0, and Penn to its second consecutive win.

 
Up Next 
The Red and Blue conclude their season-opening homestand on Monday, hosting Fordham at 7 p.m. on Rhodes Field.