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Devon Schmidt (photo by Chris Donlon)
Devon Schmidt (photo by Chris Donlon)
Posted: Sep 07, 2011

Four first half goals give Chapman 5-0 win over Occidental

Box Score
Scoring Summary
1st - 4:37 - Mauricio Alfonso (Chapman)
1st - 19:12 - Brent Hellesen (Chapman)
1st - 28:46 - Mauricio Alfonso (Chapman)
1st - 42:07 - Nick Echeverry (Chapman)
2nd - 60:52 - Colin Heim (Chapman)
Game Leaders
Occidental
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: Tyler Eng - 5
Sv: Ian Agrimis - 4
Chapman
G: Mauricio Alfonso - 2
A: 4 Players (#5, #9, #18, #19) - 1
Sh: Mauricio Alfonso - 3
Sv: Jimmy Adranly - 3
Team Stats
Full stats

ORANGE, Calif. – Once again, the Chapman University men's soccer team didn't waste any time scoring its first goal of the game. Junior F Mauricio Alfonso scored just 4:37 into the game and the team scored four goals in the first half as Chapman ran away with a 5-0 win over Occidental College on Wednesday night at Wilson Field.

Alfonso scored on a direct kick which he bent around the defense and into the left side of the net just out of the reach of diving Occidental senior GK Andrew Larkin. In the 21st minute, Alfonso assisted sophomore M Brent Hellesen with a pass from the left wing which Hellesen put in from just in front of the net to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead.

Chapman (3-0) then pushed its lead to 3-0 on Alfonso's second goal of the game in the 29th minute off an assist from sophomore F Nick Echeverry. In three games, Alfonso now leads the team with three goals and is tied with two assists while Echeverry has two goals and two assists. Just before halftime, the Panthers stretched their lead to 4-0 on a breakaway goal by Echeverry who got in front of the Tigers' defense and put in the goal off the pass from sophomore M Devon Schmidt

Occidental (0-1) outshot Chapman 12-8 in the first half but could not connect on a goal while Chapman scored on four of its eight attempts. The Panthers did however outshot the Tigers 15-14 for the game with a 7-2 advantage in the second half. Senior GK Jimmy Adranly and freshman GK Devin Foy combined for the shutout. Adranly had three saves on the night.

In the second half, junior M Colin Heim got his first-career goal as a Panther on a header off an assist from junior M Francesco Onorati in the 61st minute. After giving up four scores in the first half, Occidental made a goalie change at halftime and freshman GK Ian Agrimis made an impact with four of the Tigers' five saves on the evening.

Freshman M Tyler Eng attempted a team-high five shots for Occidental in its first match of the season.


by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant