NEW LONDON, N.H. – September 15, 2010 – The Colby-Sawyer men's soccer team played their first home game of the season on Wednesday and came away with a 3-0 victory over Rivier. The Chargers improve to 2-3 overall, while Rivier drops to 0-5.

Freshman Joe Soojian (Leicester, Mass.) put the home team on top in the third minute after receiving a great through ball from junior Derek Veilleux (Winslow, Maine). Soojian was just onsides when Veilleux threaded a pass by a couple of Rivier defenders setting up the break away. Senior John Jarvis (Henniker, N.H.) came out of net to challenge the play, but Soojian put his first collegiate goal into the back of the net.

The Chargers, who were applying pressure in the offensive zone all game, took a 2-0 lead in the 34th minute. Veilleux was involved again as he sent a bending ball towards the net off a corner kick. The ball started to descend at the back of the net when sophomore Tyler Stotz (Amesbury, Mass.) headed it passed the keeper.

Freshman Mike Laskowski (Fremont, N.H.) increased the Chargers lead to 3-0 in the 69th minute with his second goal of the season. Sophomore Kurt Carvalho (Plymouth, Mass.) took a free kick from close to midfield after a Rivier foul. Carvalho served the ball towards the net and saw it take one big bounce away from the keeper who came out of the net. Laskowski jumped and got his head on it to deposit the ball into the net.

Colby-Sawyer held a big advantage in shots 24-5 and corner kicks 13-1.

Junior Will Berry (Berlin, Vt.) made three saves en route to his second shutout of the season for the Chargers. Jarvis made three saves in 45 minutes, while sophomore Matt St. Peter (Colchester, Vt.) had two saves in the second 45 minutes for Rivier.

Colby-Sawyer returns to TCCC play on Saturday with a game at Eastern Nazarene beginning at 3:00 pm. The Raiders will play at Emmanuel on Saturday at 1:00 pm.