Sacred Heart Shuts Out Holy Cross 2-0 - Sacred Heart University

Saturday, September 3

Fairfield, Conn.

6:00 PM

Sacred Heart

1-2-0, 0-0-0

Holy Cross

0-3-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Holy Cross	0	0	0
Sacred Heart	1	1	2

9/3/2022 10:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Cayuela and Taylor tallied first two goals of the season

By: Allison Hogue

FAIRFIELD, Conn.— With a tremendous effort on the offensive and defensive end, the Sacred Heart University men's soccer team picked up its first victory of the season with a 2-0 shutout against Holy Cross on Saturday.

Top Performers
Javier Lopez Cayuela: 1 goal
Rob Taylor IV: 1 goal

Goalies
Justin Siegel (SHU): (W, 1-2, 1 save)
Jimmy Joyce (HC): (L, 0-3, 2 saves, 1 goal)
Josh Tubbs (HC): (1 save, 1 goal)

Of Note
Lucas Miquel Castrilo found Javier Lopez Cayuela on the free kick, sending the ball into the net for the first goal in the 35^th minute.

Cayuela later passed the ball to Rob Taylor IV on the breakaway to give Sacred Heart the 2-0 lead in the 78^th minute.

The Pioneers posted five of their 12 shots on target compared to the Crusaders who had one out of nine of them on the net.

Goalkeeper Justin Siegel notched the third shutout of his career.

Up Next
Sacred Heart travels to Hartford on Wednesday with kickoff set at 7 p.m.