From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University men's soccer team used a goal early in the second half tonight to defeat visiting Mass. Maritime Academy, 1-0, in a non-conference tune-up before a busy Homecoming Weekend.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams were scoreless through the first half, with Brandeis outshooting Mass. Maritime, 10-4. Shots on goal were 5-2 in favor of the Judges.
• Brandeis sophomore midfielder Patrick Flahive (Glenwood, Ill./Worcester Acad.) put the first shot of the second half on goal, 31 seconds in.
• Just over a minute after that, he flicked home the game-winner. Junior midfielder Josh Ocel (No. Attleboro, Mass./Worcester Acad.) took a free kick from the left about 20 yards out. Flahive got a head on it to provide the game's only scoring.
• The Buccaneers had three narrow misses in the game's final 15 minutes. Rookie Brendan Gawron saw a shot trickle just wide in the 75^th minute. In the 88^th, Brandeis senior Conor Lanahan (Avon, Conn./Avon) cleared a ball off the line
• In the final minute of play, a free kick from MMA's Matthew McDonough was sent into a scrum, and it was redirected on net by a Brandeis player, but senior Kenn Fryer (Wilmington, Mass./St. John's Prep) snatched it out of the air.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• For the game, the Judges outshot Mass. Maritime, 24-8, 9-3 in shots on goal.
• Fryer made two saves for his third shutout of the season.
• MMA's Joe Cohen had eight stops in the losing effort.
• The Judges improved to 10-0 in one-goal games this season, including seven matches decided by a 1-0 score.
• Flahive's goal was his first of the season and the second if his career. It was his first collegiate game-winner.
• With the assist, Ocel has been involved in Brandeis's last five goals, picking up assists on the last four and scoring the one prior to that.
• Ocel now leads the UAA with seven helpers. He has 16 in his career, moving him into Brandeis's career top 25.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis is now 11-1-1 on the season.
• This was their 7th shutout of the campaign.
• MMA falls to 4-7.
• Brandeis is now 9-1-1 all-time against the Buccaneers.