Delaware Men’s Soccer Falls To Pitt, 6-1

Monday, August 27

STUART & SUZANNE GRANT STADIUM

7:00 PM

University of Delaware

0-2-0

Pittsburgh

1-1-0

Pitt

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

8/27/2018 9:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Pittsburgh men's soccer team scored five goals in the first 38 minutes of the match and the Panthers went on to defeat the Blue Hens, 6-1, on a steamy Monday night at Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium.

Edward Kizza opened the scoring for Pitt (1-1) just 1:40 into the match when he scored off a cross from Alexander Dexter, while the Panthers' Javi Perez added a penalty kick goal six minutes later. Robby Dambrot contributed a goal in the 19th minute, while Kizza and Fiorre Mane later added tallies 1:02 apart to make it a 5-0 game in the 38th minute.

Delaware (0-2) played a much better second half, battling Pitt to a draw in the final 45 minutes. Blue Hens junior Robert Campbell put UD on the board when he corralled a loose ball off a corner kick from Ryan Mertz and scored from six yards out in the 56th minute.

However less than a minute later Kizza notched his third goal of the night off a rebound to conclude the scoring.

Head Coach Ian Hennessy
"I give Pitt a lot of credit. This is one of the highest quality teams I've seen for a long time. They came at us from the get go and the game was over by halftime, but there was a lot of quality. I was delighted by our response in the second half. Ultimately it became a 1-1 game in the second half. I think it showed resilience and leadership from our captains to step up our commitment, so I was happy with that response in the second half against a very good ACC team."

"Sometimes you need these lessons, and they can be good lessons so I prefer it to happen non-conference. Our schedule is a whopper with Stanford and Cal in there and more, but you have to use these as growing experiences going forward especially when conference rolls around."

Up Next
The Blue Hens remain home on Saturday when Delaware hosts Big East opponent Seton Hall at 7 p.m. at Grant Stadium.