THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 3, Coast Guard - 2
 
- Records: MIT (1-3-1, 1-0 NEWMAC), Coast Guard (1-3-1, 0-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: New London, Conn. (Nitchman Field)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's soccer team held off a late Coast Guard rally as the Engineers earned their first victory of the 2023 season with a 3-2 win over the Bears on the road on Sunday in the team's NEWMAC opener.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- After playing 41 minutes of scoreless soccer, MIT quickly took a 2-0 lead with goals 15 seconds apart. First year Nico Mangiafico (Farmington, Conn.) opened the scoring at 41:06 and then sent a pass to senior Garrett Robinson (Winfield, Ill.) who scored at 41:21.
 
- Senior Billy Menken (Woodbury, Minn.) made it a 3-0 Engineer lead as he took a pass from first year Dilin Meloni (Needham, Mass.) and found the back of the net for his first goal of the season.
 
- The Bears got into the goal column at 58:54 as Brennen King sent a pass to Cole Miller for his second goal of the season.
 
- Coast Guard made it a one-goal game on a goal from Aidan Marroquin at 83:06, but MIT held on for the 3-2 win.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- MIT held a 14-9 advantage in shots, but the Bears had a 6-4 advantage in shots on goal. The Engineers also held a 7-5 advantage in corner kicks.
 
- Senior Lukas Hanson-Puffer (London, England) made four saves on the day to improve to 1-1-1. Wolfgang Pfleghar stopped one MIT shot and is now 1-1-1.
 
- Robinson and Mangiafico both recorded their first goals of the season.
 
- MIT has had seven different goal scorers this season.
 
UP NEXT:

- The Engineers will play their first game home match of the season on Wednesday, September 20th when MIT welcomes the Wentworth Institute of Technology to Roberts for a 5 p.m. contest.
 
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