Box Score Lafayette Hill, Pa. – (9/4/2012) – After a brief rain delay, play resumed in today's men's soccer home opener. A couple early bounces and hustle earned Mercy College a 2-0 lead 47:29 into the contest, but resilient Chestnut Hill College found a way to knot the contest at 3-3 in the 81^st-minute to force overtime. The first extra ten minutes went by scoreless, but 6:51 into the second overtime senior midfielder William Koki (Aurora, Colo.) ended the affair in the Mavericks favor, 4-3.
 
Mercy College (3-0) opened the scoring with sophomore forward Roberto Dashi (Nyack, N.Y.) depositing his own rebound at 27:05. The Mavericks managed to hold the 1-0 lead through halftime, but than three minutes into the second period a long strike from junior midfielder Danny Leon (Bayside, N.Y.) cleared the Chestnut Hill College (1-1-1) keeper and pushed the margin to 2-0 (47:29). Junior midfielder Christopher Wilson (Willow Grove, Pa.) got the Griffins back in the game only minutes later, 50:54, finishing a pass from junior midfielder Mark Pugliese (Philadelphia, Pa.) with 20-yard strike from center pitch, 2-1. The Mavericks reestablished their two-goal advantage with deep throw-in opportunity in the 56^th-minute. Junior defenseman Luis Perez (Jackson Heights, N.Y.) located the head of senior midfielder Eric Guede (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at 55:38 for a flick into the goal, however the comfortable lead was short lived as sophomore forward Patrick Steger (La Plata, Md.) lobbed the ball over the Maverick defense for a hard scoring strike from junior midfielder Mushe Wamulume (Media, Pa.) at 59:33, 3-2. The Griffin rally was finally completed at 80:46, when freshman midfielder Dominic Pernice (Rehoboth Beach, Del.) buried a strong shot to the back of the Maverick goal, 3-3.
 
Both goalkeepers went the distance. For the Mavericks, junior goalkeeper Nick Papas (Castleton, N.Y.) made three saves in the win (3-0), while sophomore goalkeeper David Sullivan (Kutztown, Pa.) manned the net for the Griffins. He made two saves in the loss (1-1-1).
 
The men's soccer team opens their Central Atlantic Collegiate College (CACC) schedule in their next contest with a 3:00 p.m. kickoff at Nyack College on Saturday, September 8.