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Sunday, September 16
SU Soccer Stadium
1:00 p.m.
Syracuse University
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Fordham
Kyle Hall scored SU's first two goals Sunday.
Orange Shuts Out Fordham, 3-0, In Home Opener
9/16/2007 4:49:26 PM | Men's Soccer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior forward Kyle Hall (Toronto, Ontario) tied his career high with two goals and sophomore Hansen Woodruff (Stuart, Fla.) added his team-leading fourth goal of the year to power the Orange men’s soccer team to a 3-0 shutout of Fordham (1-4-0) in its home opener on Sunday, Sept. 16. The victory extends Syracuse’s unbeaten streak to seven games dating back last season, the longest such streak under head coach Dean Foti.
The Orange (3-0-3) used an early second-half surge to put the game out of reach. Already ahead, 1-0, Woodruff found Hall’s feet with a pass to the right side of the box, and Hall launched a low drive to the lower left corner of the net past Fordham keeper Dan Hajducky 4:05 into the second period. Less than two minutes later, Woodruff finished off a pass from sophomore Tom Perevegyencev (Budapest, Hungary) to seal the victory at the 50:34 mark.
“We talk about scoring goals at critical times,” Foti said after the match. “Two of those times are at the start of the game and at the start of the second half. By getting goals when we did, I think we put them (Fordham) back on their heels.”
SU’s three goals were more than enough for its defense, which held the Rams’ leading scorer Dean Stanic to one shot in the contest. Fordham generated one good scoring chance early in the game. The rest of the Rams’ 10 shots were no trouble for SU junior goalkeeper Robert Cavicchia (North York, Ontario), who finished with six saves. Cavicchia’s six stops elevated him into a tie with Mike Westcott for seventh on the Orange’s career saves list (174). It was also Cavicchia’s 11th career shutout, moving him into a tie with Josh McGibbon for seventh on that career ledger.
Sunday’s match was the second-career, multi-goal game for Hall, who had the Orange’s first goal against the Rams in the 17th minute. Hall also scored twice against Loyola in 2006.
Woodruff finished the game with three points (1g, 1a) and his goal increased his career total to 11. He is SU’s active leading goal scorer.
Hajducky fell to 0-3-0 on the season with the loss. He made three saves in the contest for the Rams before being replaced by Jon Bratincevic in the 66th minute.
Two Orange players had career firsts in Sunday’s win. Redshirt freshman Geoff Lytle (Miami Beach, Fla.) saw the first action of his collegiate career. Lytle replaced Woodruff midway through the second half and played the remainder of the match.
Perevegyencev’s assist on SU’s final score was the first of his career.
Syracuse continues its homestand on Friday, Sept. 21. The Orange hosts Pittsburgh in its BIG EAST opener at 7:00 p.m.
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