The Manhattanville men's soccer team won its first game of the season, defeating The College of Staten Island 7-0 at the CSI Soccer Complex on Tuesday evening. Sophomore Keston George (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) set a new program record with a nine-point effort, netting his first hat trick of the season and also dishing out a career-high three assists in the early season victory.
The Valiant offense pushed into high gear 56 seconds later, as George netted his second goal of the night on a fast break from a crisp pass off the foot of junior Shaune Allan (Edinburgh, Scotland). Later on the first half in the 22nd minute sophomore Adam Kent (London, England) sent a long outlet pass to George who buried it into the back of the net for the hat trick. The Valiant attack also found luck from the corner of the field as Kent’s corner kick found the foot of Allan for his first goal of the night.
“We're definitely counting on Adam this season," Orellana said. "He is coming back from a pre-season injury and was even doubtful tonight.”
Manhattanville settled back a bit in the second half, but still added two goals. Junior Sebastian Chica (Port Chester, N.Y.) added his first goal of the season on assists from George and senior Keith Simons (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.). Freshman Eros Olazabal (Milton, Ontario) added the final goal for the Valiants and gave George his final point of the contest in the 68th minute, as George set up the freshman forward to find the back of the net.
“As a team we are looking forward to hosting Vassar on Saturday," added Orellana. "Our preseason schedule has really prepared us for the upcoming game and as we look forward into the season. However, we play one game at a time.”
The Valiants will host Vassar College on Saturday September 5, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. at GovValiants.com Field. Live Stats and Twitter updates will be available at game time.