Men's Soccer Thumps Richmond, 4-0

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STORRS, Conn. (Sept. 10) - The University of Connecticut men's soccer team (1-2-0) snapped a two-game shutout steak by scoring four goals in the first half on their way to a 4-0 win against Richmond (1-2-0) in the second game of the UConn adidas Soccer Classic Friday night at Morrone Stadium. Sophomore Sean Cameron (North Bruinswick, N.J.) started the scoring and freshman Bonginkosi Macala (Pretoria, South Africa) followed with a pure hat trick to give UConn its first win of 2004.

Scoring for the Huskies began just 2:47 into the contest, as Cameron took advantage of a fallen Spider goalkeeper Eric Sciocchetti and found the back of the net to snap a 182:47 shutout streak for UConn this season. Cameron was assisted by freshmen Chukwudi Chijindu (Fontana, Calif.) and Macala.

At 18:50 of the first, Macala headed the ball over Sciocchetti on a feed from the left side of the net by junior Willis Forko (Houston, Texas) to collect the first goal of his career. Just over 10 minutes later, Macala scored on a rebound to increase the Husky lead to 3-0. Sciocchetti was able to prevent freshman Victor Borggren (Malmo, Sweden) from scoring on a bicycle kick, but the rebound fell right onto the foot of Macala who then pushed it to the back of the net.

Macala scored his third goal for the hat trick on a header at 37:34. Senior William Osorio (Miami, Fla.) sent the ball in front of the net on a corner kick. A Spider defender tried to head it away from the net, but Macala was able to then send it into the goal to give the Huskies a 4-0 lead, where the score would stand as final.

Connecticut out-shot Richmond 10-5, and held the Spiders to only one shot on goal. UConn also led in corner kicks 6-2.

The Huskies will next take on UC Santa Barbara to complete the UConn adidas Soccer Classic 7:00 p.m. on Saturday at Morrone Stadium. That game will be proceeded by Richmond facing Seton Hall at 4:30 p.m.

Connecticut 4, Richmond 0

Connecticut   4   0   --   4
Richmond   0   0   --   0

Scoring
1st Half - UC Sean Cameron (1) (Chukwudi Chijindu, Bonginkosi Macala), 2:47; UC Macala (1) (Willis Forko), 18:50; UC Macala (2) (Viktor Borggren) 28:52; UC Macala (3) (William Osorio) 37:34.
2nd Half - None.
Shots - UC 10, UR 5.
SOG - UC 6, UR 1.
Corner kicks - UC 6, UR 2.
Fouls - UC 4, UR 6.