Dragons Notch Historic 40th Win Against Delaware – Drexel University Athletics

NEWARK, Del. – The Drexel males’s soccer workforce downed the Delaware Blue Hens, 3-1, on Saturday night in Newark, Del. The Dragons, now with a 3-2-1 convention file, are in fourth place heading into the second half of the season.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Dragons owned a 16-10 edge on pictures, six pictures had been on track for Drexel.
• Alessandro Capogna was a defensive spark for Drexel, notching his 11^th full recreation. The graduate scholar made 4 saves, together with a save on a penalty kick.

• The Dragons proceed to play sound soccer, scoring a conference-high 20 objectives this season.
• The win at present marks Drexel’s 40^th win over Delaware in program historical past. The rivalry in opposition to Delaware is the longest in program historical past at 73 conferences. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Dragons struck first. Within the 12^th minute, Antonio Illuminato, from about midfield, performed the ball as much as simply outdoors the penalty field to Joshua Pulla. Pulla touched it as soon as and despatched it to Kyle Tucker, making a run on his left. The fifth yr senior twisted to his proper and beat the diving Delaware keeper to his proper to attain. It was Tucker’s second aim of the season.
• Delaware retaliated within the 43^rd minute on a fast counter. However the tie did not maintain, on Drexel’s kickoff, the Dragons kicked the ball downfield and Cesar Banacloy drew a foul contained in the field to earn Daniel Nesseler a penalty kick. Nesseler, like he has achieved two different occasions this season transformed the free probability.
• To start the second half, Drexel was not complacent. The Dragons arrange a free kick on the fitting facet and about 25 yards again. After Tucker performed the ball in, the ball bounced round and at last landed on the toes of Michael McCarthy. The fifth yr senior took a contact along with his left foot after which struck the ball along with his proper to place the Dragons up, 3-1.

WHAT’S NEXT
The Dragons return residence on Saturday, October 15 to face the Monmouth Hawks at 1 p.m. Saturday’s matchup may also be Drexel males’s soccer’s seventy fifth anniversary.