Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG – Sophomore midfielder Derek Lopez scored his first goal of the season and junior midfielder Nick Fischer assisted on both goals as East Stroudsburg University extended its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 2-0 non-conference win over Molloy on Friday night at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

Freshman goalkeeper Ryan Nosti from East Stroudsburg South had a shutout in his first career start in goal and was helped out by junior back Steve Sollecito, who preserved a 2-0 lead by clearing a ball off the end line early in the second half.

Lopez scored the Warriors' first goal in the 7th minute, assisted by Fischer and junior forward Garrison Draper, and junior forward Kevin Lombardo floated a goal over the head of Molloy goalkeeper Michael Hunter in the 53rd minute in the second half.

Fischer helped set up both goals, giving him five goals and four assists this season. Lopez's goal was the second of his career and Lombardo's was his second of the season and fourth of his career.

Nosti had two saves for ESU (5-6-4) and Hunter had five saves for Molloy (1-13-1), which held a slight advantages of 15-14 in shots and 4-3 in corners.

The Warriors are 4-0-3 in their last seven games – including the first stretch of three straight ties in school history – for their longest unbeaten streak since winning 12 straight during the 2007 PSAC championship season.

ESU started 1-6-1 under first-year head coach Rob Berkowitz, who is also in his fifth season as head coach of the women's soccer program, but is unbeaten since a 3-0 loss at Lock Haven on Sept. 30. The current streak started with a 2-1 win at Slippery Rock on Oct. 1 and also includes PSAC wins over Mercyhurst (3-1) and Gannon (2-1) and a 2-2 tie vs. defending champion Shippensburg last Tuesday night.

The Warriors finish their home schedule on Wednesday at 5 p.m. with a non-conference game against Nyack. The PSAC finale is Saturday at Bloomsburg, with the Warriors sitting in fifth with 11 points entering this weekend. The top four teams qualify for the postseason.

Game Notes: Jason Petronis '97, an All-American goalkeeper on four straight PSAC championship teams from 1992-95, will be inducted to the ESU Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday . . Petronis played professionally for seven years and is currently the head women's soccer coach at Elizabethtown College . . his father, John, was an All-America goalkeeper and the starter on the Warriors' 1962 NAIA championship team which will also be inducted on Saturday.