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Seniors (from left) Kirk Richards, Ryan Sirois and Andres Mayuri celebrate Richards' early goal in Saturday's 10-0 non-conference win over Pratt.
0
Pratt Institute PRATT (1-10-2)
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Winner Eastern Connecticut ECSUMS (8-4-2)
Pratt Institute PRATT
(1-10-2)
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Final
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Eastern Connecticut ECSUMS
(8-4-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Pratt Institute PRATT 0 0 0
Eastern Connecticut ECSUMS 5 5 10

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer: It was Seniors -- and Eastern's -- Day as Pratt Falls Hard

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – On Senior Day, it was truly a day for seniors.
 
Fourteen players contributed a goal or assist – seniors accounting for four goals and four assists -- as the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team won its third straight game with a 10-0 non-conference victory over Pratt Institute Saturday afternoon at Thomas Nevers Field.
 
Senior midfielder Andres Mayuri (West Hartford) and sophomore Sean Cafferty (Clinton) each had three assists and seniors Larson Richards (Mansfield) and Ryan Sirois (Tolland) each had two goals. The three assists give Mayuri a team-leading eight this year and 20 in his career.
 
All 24 healthy players saw at least 20 minutes of work.
 
For Eastern (8-4-2), junior Eric Kingue (Vernon), sophomore Logan Prempeh (Vernon) and first-year player Caiden Hettrick-Rivera (Portland) each scored their first career goals and first-year goalkeeper Zack Doncet (Portland) made his collegiate debut as the third of three Eastern keepers, none of whom were called upon for a save.
 
mens soccer senior day
The men's soccer program recognized its outgoing players following
the game Saturday at Thomas Nevers Field. Those players and their
families who were recognized were Jared Caroline, Caleb Ennin,
Andres Mayuri, Larson Richards, and Ryan Sirois.
(Photo by Abby Paris i'25)
Eastern scored four times in a span of 14 minutes to take a 4-0 lead midway through the first period, with first-year defender Lex Edwards (Milford) setting up the first goal with a corner kick five minutes into the match for his first career point. Richards' header at the left post off a serve from Mayuri made it 2-0 seven minutes later, and first-year player Niall O'Brien (Guilford) followed 26 seconds later with his fourth goal of the year on a cross from sophomore Logan Brennan (Farmington). Brennan's team-leading seventh goal of the season on another pass from Mayuri in the 20th minute pushed the lead to 4-0 and Sirois got a final touch on a shot from Cafferty that gave the Warriors a 5-0 halftime lead.
 
Eastern outshot Pratt (1-10-2), 48-1, and collected all 13 of the game's corner kicks. Freshman goalkeeper Dimitrios Papagiannakopoulos  made 14 first-half saves to keep the game respectable, with sophomore Anil Pugh adding eight more over the final 41 minutes to give the duo 22 on the afternoon.
 
Outgoing seniors recognized after the match with their families were Jared Caroline (South Windsor), Caleb Ennin (East Hartford), Mayuri, Richards, and Sirois.
 
Eastern hosts Babson College in a second-straight non-conference match Tuesday at Nevers Field. The Beavers are ranked first in New England Region II and 15th nationally.
 
 
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