The College of Staten Island men’s soccer team dropped its season finale yesterday evening to Bard College by a 6-1 count. The non-conference test lifted Bard to a 7-7-2 overall mark, while the Dolphins finalized their season at 3-16.
The high scoring affair saw both teams tally in the first half. Bard opened up the gates with two goals within a 10-minute span by Jacob Hartog, who finished with six shots in the contest. The Dolphins got on the board with 3:20 left in the first stanza, when senior Dimitri Sidiropoulos took an Ahmed Elghareib pass and lifted it passed Bard goalie Devon Connelly, to make it a 2-1 game. It appeared that CSI had a bit of momentum going with the goal, but it did not last long. Just 57 seconds later, Jonah Peterschild slammed home a goal off of a CSI turnover to make it 3-1 going into halftime.
Hartog completed his hat trick at the 64:20 mark, to give Bard a 4-1, and from there, the lead was never in question, as Bard outshot CSI, 22-2, in the second half. For the game, Bard enjoyed a 36-7 edge in shots (18-2 on goal) and a 6-1 edge in corners. The clean game featured no bookings.
For CSI, Andrew Brown, the CUNYAC save leader, finished with another 10 saves in the loss, while Bard’s combo of Connelly and Damianos Lazarides combined for the one-save win. CSI’s Elghareib also spent 12:36 in goal for CSI, making a pair of saves.