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Dutchmen soccer opens with 5-0 win over Cazenovia

Sebastiaan Jansen
Box Score

SCHENECTADY, NY -- The Union College men's soccer team opened the 2010 season with a 5-0 win over Cazenovia Friday afternoon at College Park. Five different Dutchmen scored and Union is now 1-0. Cazenovia fell to 0-2.

Union had a 26-6 shot advantage and also had a  corner lead for the contest. Adam Marguilies made one save for the Dutchmen. Riley Battaglini made 11 saves for the Wildcats.

Union opened the scoring when Sahr Nyuma fed Sebastiaan Jansen at 3:35. Nyuma passed from the left corner and found Jansen above the box. Jansen tallied in the left side of the net for the 1-0 home lead. The Wildcats had an excellent opportunity to tie it with a direct kick taken at 32:20. But Robert Dufort's drive over traffic was high over the left post.

Senior Nick Hoberman almost made it 2-0 when his drive from inside midfield found its way through traffic, but Cazenovia keeper Riley Battaglini dove to his right for the stop.

Union took a 2-0 lead later in the first half. Tim Pryor passed in front to Nick Vozzella, who turned around in traffic midway in front of the net and tucked in his first of the new season with just 7:32 remaining in the half.

Union hosts Worcester State Saturday night at 6 p.m. while Cazenovia takes on RPI Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

Junior Tim Pryor made it 3-0 for Union at 50:25. Tim McDonald, from just over midfield on the Union side, drove a high pass to Pryor, who dribbled in from outside the box and tucked in the third home tally of the day. It was 4-0 with 15:03 left after Scott Reddy headed in a pass from Jake Soodek. The Dutchmen closed out the scoring when Matt Knauss tapped it in from close and from a pass from Chris Chiodo.
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