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Men's Soccer Blanks Johnson & Wales, 6-0

Men's Soccer Blanks Johnson & Wales, 6-0
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Freshman forward Colin Neri (Upton, Mass.) notched his first two collegiate goals and sophomore forward Simao Mendes (Brockton, Mass.) added three assists to lead the Bridgewater State University men's soccer team to a 6-0 shutout victory over Johnson & Wales University on Thursday afternoon at Swenson Field.
 
Bridgewater remains unbeaten on the season as they improve to 4-0.  The Bears have outscored their opponents by a margin of 21-4 over the first four games.
 
Bridgewater led 4-0 at the half as forwards Jose DePina (Boston, Mass.), Matt Palatino (Ludlow, Mass.), Craig Shadduck (Braintree, Mass.) and David Wilson (Charlton, Mass.) each found the back of the net with Mendes assisting on three of the four first half goals.  For DePina it was his team-leading sixth goal of the season.
 
Neri rounded out the scoring with a pair of goals less than a minute apart late in the second half.  The first of his two tallies came at the 82:59 mark with senior midfielder Kazuhisa Miyata (Hyogo, Japan) assisting on the goal.  Neri made it a 6-0 game just 43 seconds later.
 
BSU junior netminder DJ Siewierski (Stow, Mass.) recorded his first career shutout between the pipes for the Bears as he registered one save.  Senior Joe Ferraro (Freehold, N.J.) and sophomore Sean Dorsey (Franklin, Mass.) combined for three saves in goal for the Wildcats.
 
Bridgewater held a 17-6 shot advantage for the game as well as a 7-1 edge in corner kicks.
 
The Bears will open up Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) play on Saturday when they travel to Westfield State to take on the Owls at 4:00 PM.  Johnson & Wales (1-4-1) heads to Suffolk University also on Saturday (7:30 PM) for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match with the Rams.