UB Cruises past Caldwell College

By: Chris Hogan
Managing News Editor

Bridgeport men's soccer head coach Brian Quinn called Thursday night's game vs Caldwell College his team's best effort of the 2011 season as the Purple Knights won 6-0. The game featured balanced scoring up and down the lineup despite not having the services of forward's Patric Brundin and Markus Naglestad, who both missed the game due to minor injuries.

There were six different goal scorers in the game for Bridgeport and it started in the 15th minute when junior Arnold Hitoaliaj took a great pass from sophomore Danny Ruiz and buried it past Caldwell's Brian Agostini. Ruiz, would also score his first collegiate goal and tally another assist for a total of three points on the night. Other goal scorers for the Purple Knights were Lee Middleton, Andreas Blanke who also scored his first collegiate goal, Juan Galarza and Jon Artistizabal.

"It was a good performance and we knew this group [Caldwell] was a very dangerous team," Quinn said. "The guys were well aware of that and were super focused coming out the U-Mass Lowell game."

In addition to the balanced scoring, the bench play once again put on a solid performance as three players recorded at least a point, and contributed in ways to help the Purple Knights improve to 3-1 on the season. Over the past two games off the bench, Aristizabal has recorded two goals and one assist.

"We have a great bench and whoever steps out onto the field, will play well and have the confidence that we have [as a team] ," Ruiz said. "Everyone is here for a reason"

Another key factor was that UB outshot the Cougars 20 to 8 and eight different players had at least one shot on goal.

"We stayed consistent throughout the whole game like we did against U-Mass Lowell and our bench played well which was key," Goalkeeper Danny Hernandez said. "It was our best effort since we kept the ball moving and defensively we were aggressive and didn't give them anything."

On Saturday, the Purple Knights will travel to Mercy College, who are 3-1-1 and begin conference play. Last season, UB defeated the Mavericks 1-0 at Knights Field and have won the past three meetings between the two schools. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m..

"This [game] was our best overall effort and we gave more effort in the three games leading up to this but the quality didn't approach this," Quinn said. "It was a tremendous [performance tonight]."

UB Men's Soccer Update Soon

I will have a UB Men's Soccer game recap with quotes shortly.

UB Women's Soccer vs SNHU Recap

By: Chris Hogan
Managing News Editor

Wednesday:

Bridgeport 3 Southern New Hampshire 1 FINAL

Summary: After an exciting fourth straight win to begin the 2011 season on Wednesday , the Purple Knights have shown the ability to pull through no matter what. After the Penmen tied the game in the 54th minute by Ashley Jaskula, Bridgeport scored two unanswered goals from junior Gabby Trombley and senior Kasey Kenny to earn the win.

Goal Scorers for UB
Kasey Kenny: Scored both the first and last goals of the game. Now has a team leading four goals and 10 points.  Assists on Goals: 1st Goal: Unassisted 2nd Goal: Giuana Prugger.
Gabby Trombley: Scored the go-ahead goal and her first of the season. Assist on goal: Katie Stanley

Goalkeeper stats:
Julia Hansson (UB) 3 saves
Maggie Weldon (SNHU) 3 saves

Other stats:
Shots: Bridgeport 15 SNHU 7
Corner Kicks: Bridgeport 7 SNHU 2
Fouls: Bridgeport 12 SNHU 7

Notes: UB is now seventh in the nation in NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Rankings and number one in the East Region. On Saturday, the Purple Knights will travel to Mercy College and face the Mavericks, who are 1-4 on the season. Game time is set for 12 Noon. The next homestand will consist of C.W Post on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m., Stonehill College on Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. and N.Y.I.T. on Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. (Purple Knight Family Weekend Game).

Johnston Patch Story Link: Resturant Review

Here is the link to my local resturant review I wrote back in July.

http://johnston.patch.com/articles/bites-nearby-scramblers

Johnston Patch Story Link

Here is my Johnston [RI] Patch story on a local pet store that opened in August.

http://johnston.patch.com/articles/four-legged-friends-welcome

UB Sports Weekend Recap

By: Chris Hogan

Managing News Editor

Sports

Saturday:

Men's Soccer: Bridgeport 3 U-Mass Lowell 2 Final 2 OT

Goal Scorers for UB: 

Christoffer Olesen -- 1st goal of season and first collegiate goal. Assist: on goal: Markus Naglestad

Markus Naglestad -- 2nd goal of season and team leader in goals so far. Assist on goal: Devon Thomas

Jon Aristizabal -- 1st goal of season and scored overtime goal to propel the Purple Knights to the victory. Assist on goal: Danny Ruiz

Stats from Game:

Shots: Bridgeport: 20 U-Mass Lowell: 17

Saves: Bridgeport 4 U-Mass Lowell: 4

Fouls: Bridgeport 13 U-Mass Lowell: 9

Notes: The Purple Knights improved to 2-1-0 on the season with the win. Their next game will be Thursday night when they host Caldwell College at 6 p.m. at Knights Field. Over the past three meetings between the two schools, UB has taken two of them with a their 2009 match up ending in 2-2 double overtime tie. 

 Women's Volleyball: Bridgeport 3 Southern New Hampshire 0 Final

1st Set: Bridgeport 25 Southern NH: 10

2nd Set: Bridgeport 25 Southern NH: 15

3rd Set: Bridgeport 25 Southern NH: 23

Stat Leaders for UB:

Kills: Fernanda Costa 13

         Ivy Morrison 7

         Biljana Savic & Larissa Olivera 6 each.

Total Attacks: Fernanda Costa 23
                       Biljana Savic 17
                       Ivy Morrison 12

Assists: Tamara Leite 30
            Four tied with 1

Notes: With the win, UB improves to 3-0 on the season and will travel to the University of New Haven on Wednesday and play the Chargers at 7 p.m. in Charger Gymnasium. UNH is 1-4 on the season. The Purple Knights will return on Sept. 20th to host Stonehill College followed by N.Y.I.T on the 22nd and Caldwell College on the 24th.

UB Men's Soccer Preview vs U-Mass Lowell

By: Chris Hogan

After coming off a tough 3-2 loss to Franklin Pierce University on Thursday, the Purple Knights will return home to face the U-Mass Lowell from the Northeast-10 Conference on Saturday. Both teams come into the game with 1-1 records on the season. The Riverhawks defeated Merrimack College 4-0 on Wednesday for the first win of the season after loosing to Dowling College 2-1 to open their season.

In the only meeting between the two schools last season, U-Mass won 1-0 over UB at Cushing Field in Lowell, MA. Saturday's game will mark the Riverhawks first ever visit to Knights Field.

Through the first two games of the season, the Purple Knights have been led by sophomore forward Markus Nagelstad, who is among four other players who are tied for first scoring with two points. Freshman Juan Galarza, scored his first collegiate goal in Thursday's loss and freshman Matt Garcia tallied his first career assist.

The Riverhawks are led by junior midfielder Bruno Bonicontro, who has a team leading two goals and four points, while freshman forward Homero Morais is second on team in scoring with three points. Sophomore goalkeeper Chris Maierle is 1-1 on the season with a .714 save percentage.

Admission is free to the game. Game time is set for 1 p.m.