Madison, N.J. (October 28) – The FDU-Florham men's soccer closed out the regular season with a 5-0 win against Delaware Valley that was propelled by four second half goals on Saturday afternoon. Before the match, the Devils honored their six seniors:
Faizan Arshad (Boonton, N.J.), Brandon Garcia (Manalapan, N.J.), Hunter Kolmodin (Montville, N.J.), Yariel Parapi (North Bergen, N.J.), Doug Reitemeyer (Phillipsburg, N.J.) and
Scott Tolochko (Boonton, N.J.).
Records: FDU-Florham (9-2-6, 1-2-4 MAC Free); Delaware Valley (3-10-4, 0-5-2 MAC Free)
Location: Madison, NJ (Robert T. Shields Field)
FDU Goal Scorers: Irfan Kermalli (5),
Drilon Toska (6),
Scott Tolochko (1),
Brandon Garcia (1)
The lone goal of the first half came at the 24:55 mark when a scrum for the ball inside the Delaware Valley penalty box was won by the FDU when
Ryan Maguire (Toms River, N.J.) found
Irfan Kermalli (Parsippany, N.J.) who headed the ball past the goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead.
The Devils offense in the second half came out hot and was firing on all cylinders. Maguire found his second assist of the day when he set up
Drilon Toska (Lincoln Park, N.J.) for his sixth goal of the season and extended the lead to 2-0 at the 52:57 timestamp.
Tolochko made his senior day even more memorable when he fired in a free kick from around 30 yards out at the 78:51 timestamp and made the score 3-0.
An errant Aggies pass was intercepted by Kermalli, who took advantage and blasted in his second goal of the game to keep the game out of reach at a 4-0 advantage.
The game was capped off in the final minute by another senior as Garcia took a pass from Kermalli and scored on his senior day and finished off a huge second half surge from the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team.
Anthony Petrucci (West Orange, NJ) collected the win in goal for FDU-Florham, going the distance and making five saves in his fourth shutout of the season.
In the contest, FDU outshot Delaware Valley, 18-8, with 11 shouts on goal to the Aggies five. The corner kicks were near even with FDU collecting five to Delaware Valley's four.
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