Hall's Second-Half Goal Fuels Orange Victory

Friday, September 5

Oneonta, NY

5 p.m.

Syracuse University

vs. UNC-Wilmington

Kyle Hall scored his first goal of the season to lift SU to victory Friday at the Mayor's Cup.

9/5/2008 8:33:33 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ONEONTA, N.Y. – The Orange men’s soccer team (2-0-1) remained unbeaten with a 1-0 shutout of UNC-Wilmington (1-2-0) on Friday, Sept. 5 in its opening match at the Mayor’s Cup held at Hartwick’s Elmore Field. Senior Kyle Hall (Toronto, Ontario) scored the game’s only goal in the 69th minute to secure the victory.

Hall’s tally was his first of the year and came on one of the Orange’s two shots in the second half. It was the third game-winner of his career.

Sophomore Geoff Lytle (Miami Beach, Fla.), making his first career start, assisted on Hall’s goal. It was Lytle’s team-leading second helper of the season.

Senior keeper Robert Cavicchia (North York, Ontario) made three saves, all of which came in the first half, to earn the shutout. It was Cavicchia’s second shutout of the season.

The Orange defense turned in another stellar performance, holding the Seahawks to seven shots, including just one in the final 45 minutes. Nassim Berhouni, Caito Heiland and Devan Carroll led UNC-Wilmington with two shots each.

Seahawks’ goalie Brandon Miller took the loss. He made one save in the contest.

Syracuse will face Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday, Sept. 7 in its final match at the Mayor’s Cup. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Match Notes: The victory extended SU’s non-conference unbeaten streak to 17 games dating back to 2005 … It also improved the team’s record to 2-0-1 in the last two years at the Mayor’s Cup … Junior Elliott Townsend made his first start of the season in the match … Cavicchia moved into sole possession of third place on the program’s all-time shutout list (16). He now also sits alone in fifth place on SU’s career wins ledger (20).