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St. Mary's City, Md. - Freshman forward
Joshua Chellah (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) tallied
a goal and an assist as the Wesley College men's soccer team posted
a 4-1 win over St. Mary's College of Maryland Saturday afternoon in
the Wolverines' Capital Athletic Conference opener. All the
action took place in the first 45 minutes.
St. Mary's (2-5, 0-2 CAC) struck first at 19:01 as sophomore
forward Ted Scharfenberg (Holbrook, N.Y./St. John
the Baptist) found sophomore forward Chris Quamina
(Glen Burnie, Md./Mount Saint Joseph) with a short pass from the
left and Quamina flicked it into the lower right
corner.
Forty-two seconds later, freshman forward Luis
Rivera (Rockville, Md./Rockville) converted on a penalty
kick to knot it up at 1-1.
Sophomore midfielder Kyle Long (Delaware,
Ohio/Buckeye) gave Wesley (4-3, 1-0 CAC) a 2-1 lead at 24:47 as
Long ripped a shot from 25 yards out into the
lower left corner.
Chellah followed up with an unassisted goal of
his own at 28:44 as he put in a loose ball in front of the goal.
The Wolverines notched a three-goal cushion at 43:21 behind
freshman defender Cory Hennessy's (Ocean City,
N.J./Ocean City) first collegiate goal as Hennessy
completed a feed from Chellah.
The Seahawks edged Wesley in shots, 12-11, and in corner kicks,
7-5.
Junior goalkeeper Nick Talarico (Little Egg
Harbor, N.J./Pinelands) recorded four saves in the Wolverine win,
while junior Paul Spranklin (Columbia, Md./Oakland
Mills) made three stops in the loss.
St. Mary's will return to action this coming Monday, September
21 as the Seahawks host Gallaudet University in another CAC tilt at
4:00 p.m.
Wesley has a couple of days off before entertaining Gallaudet on
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
