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Adam Rubin
Joshua Saavedra celebrates his first-half goal, which staked LIU to a 2-0 lead.
0
Stonehill STO (3-7-4, 1-3-2)
4
Winner LIU LIU (6-5-3, 3-1-2)
Stonehill STO
(3-7-4, 1-3-2)
0
Final
4
LIU LIU
(6-5-3, 3-1-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Stonehill STO 0 0 0
LIU LIU 3 1 4

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Adam Rubin

Ben Assane Fall Tallies Two Goals, Two Assists as Men's Soccer Routs Stonehill

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Ben Assane Fall and the LIU men's soccer team rebounded in resounding fashion.

Fall produced two goals and two assists as the Sharks defeated Stonehill, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon in an SNY-televised game at LIU Soccer Park.

Goalkeeper Jonathan Villacis notched his first NCAA shutout.

Villacis started the game after teammate Eoin Gawronski picked up a red card during Thursday's match at Saint Francis U, when the Sharks were handed their first NEC defeat.

Sunday's scoring output and margin of victory matched a 4-0 win against VMI on Sept. 4 for the largest this season.

It marked the second career two-goal game for Fall and his career-high point total. He also had a pair of goals in a 5-1 win at Mount St. Mary's on Oct. 31, 2021. He had produced two-assist games on three previous occasions.

The last six-point performance by a Shark came from Emil Jaaskelainen on Oct. 10, 2021 against Howard, with a three-goal game.

On Sunday, LIU erupted for three first-half goals against the Skyhawks en route to improving to 3-1-2 in conference play.

Fall opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Joshua Saavedra, the NEC Rookie of the Week each of the past two weeks, then scored on a header in the 17th minute. And Jaaskelainen scored in the 23rd minute.

Fall, whose quickness Stonehill could not contain, added a second goal in the 61st minute.

Saavedra had a pair of assists in addition to his goal. Saïdou Diallo also had two assists.

Villacis, a Nassau Community College transfer, notched the second assist on Fall's second goal.

Villacis had entered for Gawronski after a red card at Saint Francis U on Thursday to face a penalty kick, which Villacis saved.

The Sharks next host Le Moyne next Sunday at 1 p.m. at LIU Soccer Park. The game also will be televised on SNY. 
 
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