NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On a beautiful fall Saturday night at Reese Stadium the Yale men's soccer team earned its first win of the season, topping Sacred Heart 4-1. The Bulldogs improve to 1-4-1, unbeaten in their last two games. Sacred Heart falls to 5-2, with its four-game winning streak snapped.
"I am really happy for the guys to get a very deserved win tonight," said
Kylie Stannard, the 5K Corral Head Coach of the Bulldogs. "We talked about building on our performance last game and taking it another level better and I think we did that tonight. It was great to get several goals in different ways and all from different guys contributing. The guys know that we still need to keep improving and especially making sure we do more to earn clean sheets as we are giving up far more chances than we should. We had a lot of guys get important minutes tonight and need to make sure we recover well for another quick turnaround on Tuesday for another in-state rival."
How it Happened
- 6' | Aydin Jay had Yale's second quality chance in the opening six minutes, but Sacred Heart goalkeeper Andrew Hammersley once again came up with the save to keep the game scoreless.
- 36' | YALE GOAL! TJ Presthus put Yale ahead, heading a corner kick from Jonathan Seidman just inside the far post. That was Presthus' sixth career goal.
- 39' | Chris Edwards kept Yale in the lead by diving to smother a low crossing pass from Sacred Heart.
- 45' | Salif Leintu generated one last chance for Yale in the first half, chipping one towards the goal after an SHU turnover deep in Pioneers territory. Hammersley was able to corral the ball to keep Yale's lead at 1-0 heading into halftime.
- 50' | YALE GOAL! Joseph Farouz dribbled his way through the SHU defense and got Hammersley out of position to set up Simon Adjakple for the Bulldogs' second goal. That was Adjakple's second career goal.
- 60' | SHU GOAL Ivan Breki Sigurdsson headed in the rebound after Edwards made a save on a shot by Sam McCann, pulling SHU within 2-1.
- 74' | YALE GOAL! Farouz fired one past Hammersley from outside the box to make it 3-1 Yale. That was Farouz' fifth career goal.
- 79' | YALE GOAL! Jay scored his first career goal to make it 4-1, slotting a low shot past a diving Hammersley.
- 81' | Edwards denied McCann from right in front of the goal to keep Yale's lead at 4-1.
Game Notes
- Yale now leads the all-time series with Sacred Heart 6-3-3.
- The last time Yale scored four goals in a game was the 4-0 win vs. Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals Nov. 10, 2023.
- Yale's first goal marked the first time Sacred Heart allowed a goal in more than 400 minutes. The last team to score against SHU was Fordham in a 2-1 Rams win on Aug. 28. SHU had shut out four straight opponents.
- Sacred Heart was picked ninth in the preseason MAAC poll. This is the Pioneers' first season in the league.
Up Next
The Bulldogs will play at Quinnipiac on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.
