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St. Francis (N.Y.) Upends Men's Soccer, 1-0

EMMITSBURG, Md. - St. Francis (N.Y.) scored in the 11th minute to defeat Mount St. Mary's 1-0 in Northeast Conference (NEC) men's soccer action on Sunday.

Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) made three saves for the Mount (2-9-0, 1-2-0 NEC) while Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier) had three shots in the loss.

John Sallhag scored the Terriers (5-5-0, 2-1-0 NEC) decisive goal on the afternoon and Chris Antonino turned away six shots in the winning effort.

St. Francis (N.Y.) scored early in the first half and held on to earn the victory and end a two-game losing streak against the Mountaineers.

Sallhag took a long ball from Javier Gonzalez and found the back of the netting for his second tally of the season to hand the Terriers a 1-0 edge at the 10:38 mark.

Mount St. Mary's had several chances to get on the scoreboard, but could not convert. Wheeler had all three of his shots saved by Antonino after notching scoring chances in the 38th, 40th and 53rd minutes of the match. Scott Phinith (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) had his shot saved in the 27th minute while his brother Gary Phinith (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) was turned away by Antonino in the 47th minute. Ian Hendrie (Potomac, Md./ St. Andrews Episcopal School) gave the Mount its final scoring threat, but was stopped by Antonino at the 87:52 to preserve the shutout for St. Francis (N.Y.).

Mount St. Mary's returns to action when the squad heads to Bryant on Sunday. Game time is 1 p.m.

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