Men’s Soccer Handles Mass. Maritime, 7-0

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – Nine different Rams produced at least one point to push Suffolk men's soccer to a lopsided 7-0 victory over Mass. Maritime Monday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Mass. Maritime 0 
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-0-0) | Mass. Maritime (0-2-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk scored three goals in the first half all of which were put away in the first 14 minutes. The first came on a corner kick in the ninth minute when Miguel Varela delivered the ball in to the box for TJ Maselek to score back post.  

Taj Jensen's unassisted tally came four minutes later, before Varela put his own away 54 seconds after that. Carter Van Buskirk assisted on Varela's goal that made it 3-0 Suffolk.  

Fifteen minutes into the second stanza déjà vu struck as Maselek got the scoring started once again on a corner. This time the sophomore put away a feed from Edson Doirain to push the gap to four.  

Andrew Awada etched his name on the scoresheet 10 minutes later to spread the distance to a handful, 5-0. Ryan Chamberlain, who aided Awada's first goal of the day, scored in the 75th minute thanks to Matteo Simonini's set-up through the middle of the Bucs defense.  

Suffolk's scoring ended in the 82nd minute when Awada netted his second of the day on help from Joaquin Heller Della Vecchia.  

NETMINDER NOTES

• Xander Balog had one save in the victory. 
• Nico Pattihis started in net for the Buccaneers and had two saves in the first set of 45 minutes. 
• Quinn Kelly came in at the half for MMA and picked up a pair of stops.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Awada and Maselek both had two goals. 
• Chamerblain and Varela each registered one goal and one assist. 
• Jensen found the back of the net once. 
• Doirain, Heller Della Vecchia, Simonini and Van Buskirk all handed out one assist. 
• Suffolk outshot MMA, 18-5, including an 11-1 shots on goal advantage. 
• The Rams took six corners, while the Buccaneers had two corner kicks.  

NOTEWORTHY

• At 3-0-0, Suffolk is off to its best start since the 2012 campaign when it opened the year with that same record. 
• The one goal allowed through the first three games is the least amount of goals given up in the first three games in the Rams game-by-game record book, which dates back to 2002. 
• Suffolk shutout a foe in back-to-back meetings for the first time a double overtime shutout of then-No. 21 Babson and a 1-0 victory over Nichols Oct. 5-9, 2021. 
• The seven goals scored are the most in the Bill Maddock era and most producing that same number in a 7-0 triumph at Rivier Oct. 7, 2017. 
• The seven goals tie the most goals against Mass. Maritime. It is the second-ever time that Suffolk scored seven goals versus MMA, first since a 7-2 win over the Buccaneers Oct. 15, 1994. 
• The seven-goal margin of victory is the largest in the all-time series with MMA.
• Awarda and Maselek produced their first collegiate goals and finished the day with two apiece.
• Doirain and Heller Della Vecchia each had his first collegiate assist. 
• Simonini recorded his first point as a Ram on a handout. 
• Jensen found the back of the net for the first time in his collegiate career. 
• Varela has a point in all three of Suffolk's games this year. 
• Van Buskirk, who has tallied a point in the last two games, notched his first collegiate assist. 
• Chamberlain logged the first points of his collegiate career.  

POST-GAME PIC

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to the friendly confines of James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.