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Fenstermacher's Two Goals Helps Men's Soccer End Season With 2-All Standstill Against No. 11 Monmouth

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EMMITSBURG, Md. - Ty Fenstermacher (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) scored twice to help the Mount St. Mary's men's soccer team end the season with a 2-all standstill against No. 11 Monmouth in Northeast Conference (NEC) men's soccer action on Friday.

Playing in his final collegiate game, Fenstermacher tied the game at 1 in the 73rd minute and then tied the game at 2 in the 78th minute. The senior finishes his career with six goals and one assist for 13 points.

Fellow senior Scott Phinith (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) dished out assists on both of his classmates tallies for the Mount (7-10-1, 4-5-1 NEC) while Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier) had a hand in Fenstermacher's first goal of the afternoon. Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) made four saves in his final collegiate contest.

Ryan Clark and Kevin Davis each scored for the Hawks (12-1-3, 6-0-3 NEC) and Bryan Meredith had four stops in the match.

Monmouth grabbed a 1-0 advantage and a 2-0 lead, but led by its seniors Mount St. Mary's rallied to end in a tie against the 11th-ranked program in the nation. Coming into the match, the Hawks had only allowed seven goals on the year and only two markers in league play.

Clark gave Monmouth the early 1-0 advantage when he found the twine off a baseline pass from RJ Allen at the 6:04 mark.

The score stayed that way until the 73rd minute when Phinith hit a serve from the left to center and then Wheeler touched it to Fenstermacher who found the back of the net at 72:54 to even the match at 1.

Nearly five minutes later, the Hawks answered when Davis knocked in a rebound from George Quintano at 77:02 to take a 2-1 edge.

Phinith and Fenstermacher did not take long to reconnect after Phinith passed the ball to Fenstermacher, who blasted a shot into the upper right corner to even the game at 2 at the 77:57 mark.

After the game was knotted, Monmouth had a shot by Anthony Vasquez stopped by Davis at 79:50 and Allen missed high at 84:42 before Fenstermacher gave the Mountaineers its final scoring chance in regulation, but missed high at 86:27.

In the first overtime, Mount St. Mary's outshot the Hawks 4-1. Wheeler had all four shots for the Mount. Meredith made saves on the junior's scoring chances at 92:02 and 98:29 while Wheeler missed wide at 95:37 and 99:59. Allen had the only shot for the Hawks, but Davis made a diving save at 97:42.

Matt Beverin started the scoring opportunities in the second overtime, but missed wide for Monmouth at 102:33. Phinith had the only chance for Mount St. Mary's in overtime, but Meredith turned it away at 103:45 and Clark had the final shot for the Hawks and that was blocked by the Mount's defense at 107:24.

With his two assists, Phinith moved into ninth place on the program's all-time career assist list with 13 helpers and seventh on the Mount Division I chart. Phinith finished his career with five goals and 13 assists for 23 points. Davis concluded his career as the program's all-time leader in minutes played (6058) and ranked second in shutouts (17).

Senior Eric Detzel (York, Pa./Central York) ended his career with 17 goals and 17 assists for 51 points. He finished sixth in program history in assists and fifth in Mount Division I history in assists, sixth in points and seventh in goals.

Along with Davis, Detzel, Fenstermacher and Phinith, fellow seniors Will Thomas (Mount Rainer, Md./The Heights) and Phil Tavares (Beltsville, Md./DeMatha) were honored before the game.

 
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