On October 23 and 26, the men’s soccer team went up against Arcadia University and Lebanon Valley College. Stevens took wins over both of the games, with ending scores of 2-1 and 1-0.
The first game was against the Knights, and Stevens took control very early on. Shots were made by juniors Kyle Rothwell, Ethan Hagen, and Ben Goldberg in the first period. Halfway through the first period, the Knights were able to pull through with a goal after first-year Martin Fields got a yellow card. With more shots from graduate student Dylan Maund and senior Emerico Vespucci, the first 45 minutes came to a close. Despite the Ducks outshooting the Knights, they still went into the second half with no goals. In the 80th minute of the game, Rothwell tipped in the tying goal of the game off a pass from Fields. Shortly after, in the 85th minute of the game, senior Tomas Martini knocked in the game’s winning goal and his second career goal.
The game ended with the Ducks outshooting the Knights 25-4, with five of those shots made by Rothwell, four by Vespucci, and a pair of shots both made by Martini and Goldberg. Rothwell, who had missed nearly a month of play due to an injury, scored his second goal in three games, along with Martini, who scored his first goal since September 2023.
When the Ducks went up against the Dutchmen, the game was left entirely goalless until the final 93 seconds when senior Luca Campbell scored the singular goal. This win advanced the Ducks to a 5-0-0 record in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom play. The Ducks went hard with shots early on, making three shots on goal in the first six minutes. They went back and forth throughout the period, only making minimal shots on both sides. Unlike the first half, the Dutchmen came back in the second half with six shots, though they were not on goal. After nearly a half hour with both sides going shotless, in the 89th minute, junior Max Rokhsar gave a pass to Campbell, who scored the final goal.
Campbell’s goal made him the only MAC Freedom player to have three goals in conference play, and it was also the second goal Lebanon Valley had allowed in five games during conference play. It was also a big game for graduate student goalkeeper Guillermo Castaneda-Chang, who marked his fifth shutout of the season.
The Ducks will be seen playing their final game of the regular season on November 2 at DeBaun, hosting Misericordia University at 4 p.m.
