Box Score
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – Senior forward
Shastri Spencer and freshman midfielder
Matthew Geidner both scored a pair of goals as East Stroudsburg University rode an outburst to a 6-3 win at Molloy in non-conference men's soccer on Saturday afternoon.
Senior midfielder
Danny Drago and junior forward
Greg Schook also scored for the Warriors, who improved to 4-0 going into next Friday's PSAC opener against rival Lock Haven. ESU's last 4-0 start came in 2005.
Spencer had two goals and two assists, including one goal and two assists on the Warriors' four second-half goals.
Drago and Spencer scored goals 24 seconds apart in the first half, at 19:56 (Drago from senior midfielder
Michael Kane) and Spencer at 20:20. Drago's goal was the 11th of his career and gives him a goal in five straight seasons, from 2006 through 2010. The two-time All-American had a goal and an assist in four games last season before missing the rest of the year due to injury and returned for 2010 with a medical redshirt.
The Warriors struck with a pair of quick goals early in the second half as well, on Schook's second goal of the year in the 55th minute and the first of Geidner's two goals in the 57th minute.
Molloy pulled within 4-2 with goals in the 58th and 74th minutes before the Warriors came right back. Geidner scored from Spencer at 74:37 and Spencer netted his second goal of the game, unassisted, at 77:49. Molloy finished the scoring on the Tyler De La Torre's second goal of the contest in the 85th minute.
Both goalkeepers had three saves, senior
Troy Hernandez for ESU and Michael Hunter for Molloy. ESU held a 14-11 advantage in shots.
The Warriors have outscored their first four opponents, 13-4, with four players who have scored multiple goals. Spencer and Geidner both have three goals and Kane and Schook have scored two goals apiece.
Friday's PSAC opener vs. Lock Haven is slated for a 3:30 p.m. start at Eiler-Martin Stadium.