Newburgh, N.Y. – Led by two goals each from senior Joey Dolan (New Paltz, N.Y.) and sophomore Connor Doyle (New Windsor, N.Y.) and four points from freshman Peter Ramirez (Newburgh, N.Y.), the Mount Saint Mary College Men's Soccer team cruised to its fifth straight win with a 6-1 triumph over Sarah Lawrence on Senior Day.
 
The Knights got all the scoring they would need over a five-minute stretch early in the first half on Saturday. Doyle got the scoring started in the 14^th minute when he banged home his own rebound at 13:36 for his team leading ninth goal of the season and Dolan followed that up with his seventh marker of the season at 18:14 off a feed from Ramirez to give the Knights a quick 2-0 lead.
 
The Knights finished the opening 45 minutes with the two-goal advantage and outshot the visitors 14-9 to go along with a 2-1 first half advantage in corner kicks.
 
Coming out of the intermission, the Mount spread its lead to three goals in the 51^st minute and then struck twice in 36 seconds in to open up a commanding 5-0 goal advantage. Ramirez started the second half scoring barrage with his second off the year off a feed from Ismael Bravo (Middletown, N.Y.) at 50:12 before Doyle and Dolan each scored for the second time in the game. Doyle finished off a feed from Joseph Mesoraca (Oceanside, N.Y.) at 58:53 before Doyle banged home a pass from Ramirez at 59:29.
 
Sarah Lawrence cut the deficit to four goals with a Humza Obaid marker in the 64^th minute, but the Mount responded just over 10 minutes later to finish off the scoring in the game. Matt Wyant (Beacon, N.Y.) found the back of the net for the eighth time in 2019 at the 74:41 mark of the contest off a feed from Zidan Douglas (Middletown, N.Y.) to give the Knights the final five goal advantage.
 
Mount Saint Mary finished the second half with a 12-4 advantage in shots and closed the afternoon with a 26-13 edge in attempts, including a 13-7 advantage in shots on frame. The Mount took three more corner kicks in the second half to finish the match with a 5-2 advantage in the category.
 
Doyle moved his team lead in goals to 10 and points to 23 with his scoring output on the day, with Dolan and Wyant sitting in a tie for second on the team with eight goals apiece. With two helpers on the day, Ramirez moved into the team lead in assists with five.
 
Tyler Rapp (East Berne, N.Y.) picked up the win in goal, making five stops in just over 72 minutes of work. Sean Madden (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) came on to play the final 17:24 in net, making one stop for the Knights. Aaron Ashery and Matteo Romano split the game for the Gryphons, with each making three saves in the contest.
 
Winners of five straight and unbeaten in its last seven outings, Mount Saint Mary improves to 9-4-1 overall on the season and to 6-0-1 against league rivals. Next up for the Knights is a trip to Farmingdale State on Tuesday for a 5:00 p.m. kick-off with the Rams.