The University of Bridgeport scored three times in the second half as the handed the Chestnut Hill College Men's soccer team their second conference loss, defeating the Griffins 4-2 Saturday afternoon at the CHC Athletic Field on campus.

The Griffins fall to 2-4-1 overall and 1-2 in Central Atlantic collegiate conference games.  The Purple Knights improve to 4-4-2 overall and 3-1 in league action.

Bridgeport got three goals from Maximillian Kissel to pace their offense while the Griffins got a pair of goals from Juan Molina.
Kissel put the Purple knights up 1-0 just five minutes into the game and added his second goal in the 59^th minute to give his team a 2-0 lead.  Lapo Romieri made the score 3-0 in the 68^th minute.

Some 80 seconds later, Molina put the Griffins on the board, taking a long cross from Jimmy Paz and knocking a shot past the UB goalkeeper Hugho Franceschi.   Three minutes later Molina added his second goal of the game getting a rebound off the UB keeper and putting the ball behind him after Juan Ortiz delivered a hard shot on net that was unable to be scooped up by Franceschi, making the score 3-2.

Following Molina's second goal, the Griffins kept up the pressure, but the UB defense kept the home squad from getting a hot off.  Meanwhile the Purple Knight offense started to mount their own offensive attack, producing two corner kicks and eventually netting their fourth goal of the game in the 86^th minute as Kissel put in a rebound from a shot that had hit the cross bar, thus rounding out the scoring at 4-2.

Numbers-wise, the two teams were fairly evenly matched as Bridgeport narrowly outshot Chestnut Hill 13-12.  Both teams had seven shots on goal and both teams produced three corner kicks.

The Chestnut Hill College Men's Soccer team returns to the pitch with a home game on Wednesday night October 4, 2023, when they host Goldey-Beacom college for their fourth CACC match.  Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m.