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10_21 Recap MSOC
0
Wilkes WIL (1-11-2, 1-5-1)
7
Winner Scranton SCR (11-1-3, 7-0-0)
Wilkes WIL
(1-11-2, 1-5-1)
0
Final
7
Scranton SCR
(11-1-3, 7-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wilkes WIL 0 0 0
Scranton SCR 5 2 7

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Drops Road Contest at No. 12 Scranton

Men's Soccer Drops Road Contest at No. 12 Scranton

SCRANTON, Pa. – The Wilkes University men's soccer team made the short trip up Interstate 81 to face the No. 12 University of Scranton Wednesday, where the Royals scored five first-half goals and cruised to a 7–0 victory.

The Royals raced to an early 3–0 lead, with Matt Capretto scoring in the 14th and 16th minutes and Luke Roberto adding another in the 17th minute. Capretto went on to record a first-half hat-trick with a 26th-minute goal, and Caden O'Connell scored in the final seconds of the opening half, making it a 5–0 Royals lead.

Capretto started the second half by adding his fourth goal of the night in the 47th minute. Ryan Schalk rounded out the scoring at 7–0 with a goal in the 68th minute.

Scranton outshot Wilkes 32–4, including 18–1 on goal. The Colonels' lone shot on goal came in the 74th minute by Dylan Weaver (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster County Christian). The Royals also had 10 corner kicks compared to the Colonels' one.

Giovanni Mazzola (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall High School) led the Colonels, recording two shots on target. Matthew Conti (Florence, NJ/Florence Township Memorial High School) played the first 31 minutes in goal, making three saves, and was replaced by Landon Keller (Provo, UT/Timpview), who stopped seven shots.

The Colonels return to Bruggeworth Field for Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, against Moravian at 1 p.m.
 
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