Parakilas Tallies Twice, Owls Pounce on Pride, 3-1
Parakilas netted his second multi-goal game of the season.
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Team Stats
Regis (Mass.)
| Game Statistics | Westfield St. | Regis (Mass.) |
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| Shots (on goal) | 14 (5) | 11 (4) |
| Saves | 3 | 1 |
| Fouls | 15 | 4 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 3 |
| Offsides | 1 | 3 |
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Westfield State's Nick Parakilas (Broad Brook, Conn./E. Windsor HS) scored a pair of goals to lead the Owls to a 3-1 men's soccer win over Regis College at Regis Field in Weston on Wednesday evening.
Westfield improves to 2-1 on the season, while Regis dips to 0-4.
Parakilas got the scoring started just 15 seconds into the match, converting off an assist from Cairn Bright (Belchertown, Mass./Frontier). The Owls kicked off with a pair of back passes before Bright launched a long looping kick to the top of the penalty area where Parakilas headed it over the goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead.
The Owls took a 2-0 lead in the 26th minute on a goal from Sonny Mazza (E. Longmeadow, Mass.), who won the ball near midfield and then attacked, catching the Pride's keeper well off his line with a long shot.
Regis pressed to get on the board in the second half, finally tallying when Agu Silva-Olivera found the net with a feed from Riley Stogsdill to trim the Westfield lead to 2-1 in the 64th minute.
Parakilas ended the Pride's comeback attempt with his second goal of the day in the 73rd minute, running on to a ball flicked on from midfield after goalkeeper Marko Kononenko (Kyiv, Ukraine/Monument Mtn.) had served it out of the back.
Westfield held a 14-11 advantage in shots, and a 5-3 mark in corner kicks.
The Owls got three saves Kononenko.
Westfield will return home to host Fitchburg State in their MASCAC Conference opener on Saturday at noon.