RANDALL'S ISLAND, N.Y. – The VMI men's soccer team earned its first win of the 2023 season Saturday evening with a 2-0 victory over Maritime College in a non-conference contest.
Freshman
Yeirin Mejia and junior
Woongchan Oh each scored second-half goals in a game that VMI outshot the Privateers 17-2.
Notables:
- After a scoreless first half, Mejia scored on a feed from freshman Kyle Grant at 59:47
- Oh added an insurance tally nine minutes later from freshman Jesse Lee
- Sophomore keeper Zack Murphy made two stops to earn the first shutout of his collegiate career
- The Keydets held a 9-4 edge in corner kicks
- Augusto Lebron made five saves for Maritime
- The game started a half hour later than the scheduled time due to transportation problems and ended after 76 minutes
Next Time:
VMI will stay in New York state and square off with Long Island University Monday at 1 p.m. in a game to be played at Adelphia University in Garden City, N.Y.
Quotes from head coach Nick Regan:
"I am proud of the performance of my players. We battled all over the field, created opportunities, scored goals, and kept a well earned clean sheet.
We will regroup tomorrow and look to build on this performance against LIU on Monday."
