College of Staten Island Athletics

The College of Staten Island men's soccer team fought valiantly, but were on the wrong end of a 2-0 final in a matinee match against SUNY-Old Westbury as part of the Drew University Fall Festival played in Madison, New Jersey.  The Panthers moved to 2-1 overall this season, while the Dolphins dropped to 0-3.

The final score was kind to the Dolphins, who spent most of the game on their end of the field.  Old Westbury out-shot the Dolphins 16-1 in the first half, and the out-manned Dolphins went the majority of the game without the benefits of a substitution, while a total of 19 Panthers saw time.

While a host of shots were put on CSI keeper Ahmed El-Ghareib, the one to hit paydirt was Victor Farfan at 25:57, as he touched in a goal past El-Ghareib via a crossing pass from Anthony Echevarria.

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Keystone College scored a pair of goals in the opening 25 minutes of play and then held on, defeating the College of Staten Island men's soccer side by a 2-1 final as part of the Drew University Fall Festival played at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, earlier this afternoon.  The Dolphins dipped to 0-2 on the season, while the Giants of Keystone start the season 1-0.

With the game a draw in just about every statistical category, it was going to take a good effort by either team to tally a goal and that's exactly what the Giants got a pair of times early in the first half.  At 13:51, Scott Bensinger punched in the game's first goal, bouncing in a James Turano pass over the outstretched Ahmed El-Ghareib to give Keytone a 1-0 lead.

Exactly 10 minutes later, Bensinger tallied again, this time striking in a goal off of a Dyer Moore cross to give Keystone the 2-0 lead.  From there, the chances were few and far between for both teams.  Keystone finished with just three shots on goal in the first half, whiel CSI placed only two.  At 31:53, almost eight minutes after KC's second goal, a tackle inside the penalty box led to a CSI penalty shot, their first since the 2008 season, and CSI junior Kenneth Zaw did the honors, placing it home against KC keeper Daniel O'Rourke to make it a 2-1 game.

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