RMHS graduate scores as Emerson defeats No. 6 MIT, 3-1, to secure a spot in the NEWMAC Tournament
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Emerson College clinched a spot in next week’s New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament with a win it had to have at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranked No. 6 in this week’s United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III, Region II, rankings at Roberts Field this evening.
Emerson (9-5-4, 2-3-2 NEWMAC) earns a spot in the NEWMAC Tournament for the third-straight year and fourth time overall and will be seeded No. 5 for the tournament. The Lions will visit No. 4 Coast Guard Academy (8-6-3, 3-3-2 NEWMAC) for a first round matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m. MIT (8-5-4, 4-2-2 NEWMAC) will be the tournament’s No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 WPI in a first round matchup on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Scoring:
Jack Wasserman (EME) 21’
Cade Lagerwey (EME) 23’
Shikhar Motupally (MIT) 29’
Nick Mirogiannis (EME) 46’
Goalkeeping
EME: Asa Roberts (90:00) 5 saves, 1 goal against; MIT: Paolo Mangiafico (45:00) 3 saves, 2 goals against, Hernando Ardila (45:0)) 3 saves, 1 goal against.
Shots: Emerson 13, MIT 19.
Corners: Emerson 3, MIT 5.
Junior Jack Wasserman (Atlanta, Georgia/The Galloway School) netted the matchwinner for Emerson for the second-straight match in a week the Lions needed to win each of its remaining NEWMAC matches to earn a postseason bid. Emerson also got goals from sophomore Nick Mirogiannis (Reading, Massachusetts/Reading Memorial) and first year Cade Lagerwey (Manhattan Beach, California/Mira Costa).
Sophomore Asa Roberts (Guilford, Connecticut/Guilford) did the rest in goal for Emerson with five saves. Seniors Paolo Mangiafico (Farmington, Connecticut/South Kent) and Hernando Jose Ardila (Miramar, Florida/American Heritage) split the goalkeeping duties for MIT with Mangiafico making three saves while conceding twice in the first half, before Ardila had three stops with a goal against in the second half.
Wasserman and Lagerwey struck for all the goals Emerson would lead just 2:10 apart in the 21st and 23rd minutes. MIT pulled one back before the intermission with a penalty kick from junior Shikhar Motupally (Avon, Connecticut/Avon Old Farms School) in the 29th minute. Mirogiannis restored the Lions two goal cushion just 55-seconds into the second half and then Roberts made it stand with four of his five saves in the final 45-minutes.
