SUFFERN, N.Y., October 13, 2021 - The Monroe Express men's soccer team avoided a hangover from a heartbreaking Regional loss just eight days ago, coasting to an 8-0 bounce-back victory on the road Wednesday afternoon in Suffern, NY. With the victory, the Express's record improves to 8-2 (7-1 Region 15) while the Hawks fall to 1-7 (1-6 Region 15).
Monroe-Bronx came out aggressively in the first half, immediately finding the back of the net 20 seconds into the match to go up 1-0 when Edwin Zuniga Lopez (Bronx, NY) netted an unassisted goal for his seventh marker of the season. Fellow sophomore James Gerbier (Rosedale, N.Y.) buried his team-leading eighth and ninth markers of the season in the 25th and 26th minute to increase the Express's advantage to 3-0. Lopez and Jean Woobens Zamy (Port Au Prince, Haiti) provided the helpers on both goals.
The Express finished the first half strong when Lopez notched his second tally of the match and sixth multi-goal game of his career in the 35th minute off a corner kick feed from Victor Flores (White Plains, N.Y.) to give the Express a 4-0 halftime cushion.
Monroe-Bronx kept the pedal to the metal in the second half, adding to their lead in the 50th minute to make it 5-0 on Marwan Awad's (Cairo, Egypt) first goal of the season off a corner kick pass from Andres Lora (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Six minutes later, Awad returned the favor feeding Liam Garcia (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) for his first tally of the season in the 56th minute, stretching the Express advantage to 6-0.
After Lora added his third goal of the season in the 77th minute to make it 7-0, sophomore Givonchi Walker (Kingston, Jamaica) rounded out the scoring for the Monroe-Bronx two minutes later with his first marker of the season from Majid Peltier in the 79th minute to give the Express an 8-0 victory.
The Express have to the opportunity this Saturday, October 16, to set a new program record for regular-season wins when they close out their regular season on the road against Orange County Community College in Middletown, NY. For more information, visit the Monroe Express Men's Soccer Schedule.
Notables
- Edwin Zuniga Lopez (Bronx, NY) has 20 career goals and 40 career points, currently second-most in all-time program history. His fourth game-winning goal of the season has tied him with Mamadou Diombera for the single-season record of four set back in 2017 and also one away from tying Mamadou Diombera's career mark of five.
- James Gerbier (Rosedale, N.Y.) notched his team-leading third multi-goal game against Rockland Community College. He is ranked third in program history with 11 goals and fourth in school with 24 career points.
- Andres Lora (Buenos Aires, Argentina) has now dished out a team and career-best seventh assist on the season, setting a new single-season record that surpasses Mamadou Diombera's mark of six in 2018. Lora has dished out 14 career assists after today, which is tops in all-time program history.
- Jean Woobens Zamy (Port Au Prince, Haiti) picked up his sixth career assist and 28th career point, third in all-time program history.
- The Express have outscored their opponents 26-2 in the first half this season, with only two losses coming when surrendering the first-half tally.
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 36 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, club men's and women's rugby, the Monroe College marching band, and the newly added esports program, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 17 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
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