Bishop Stang Boys Soccer

H.S. Roundup: Pacheco, Torres double up on goals for Bishop Stang

By Brendan Kurie
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Posted Sep 26, 2015 at 8:31 PM

Nick Pacheco continued his early-season dominance, scoring two goals and leading the Bishop Stang attack in a 4-1 home win over Old Rochester on Saturday.

Both Pacheco and Ryan Torres had two goals in the second half as the Spartans broke open a scoreless tie at the half.

“We dominated the game in the first half,” coach Ben Figueiredo said. “We played 85 percent on their side of the field.”

The Spartans outshot the Bulldogs 23-8, but couldn’t find the net against Sam Henrie, who made 13 of his 19 saves in the first half.

“We were putting pressure on the ball, but it wasn’t going in so the boys were panicking because we couldn’t find the net,” Figueiredo said. “I told them to relax.”

That led to four second-half goals, the first of which came just two minutes after intermission when Nolan DaRosa found Pacheco for a goal. Eight minutes later, Ryan Torres scored off a Josh Correia assist.

ORR answered with a goal from Alex Sousa two minutes later, but just six minutes after that, Pacheco went by three defenders and chipped the ball over the oncoming goalie for a 3-1 edge. Torres added he final goal off Correia’s second assist.

Matt Doggan made seven saves for the Spartans (2-2-1), who have gotten six goals in five games from Pacheco.

“The kid is just a machine up front,” Figueiredo said of his senior captain “He fights and comes back and gets the ball. There’s already a couple of schools interested in him.”

The Spartans host Somerset Berkley at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Bishop Stang High School vs ORR High School: 4-1 ( 2goals by Senior Captain Nicholas Pacheco and 2 goals by Junior Ryan Torres). Great win! Go Spartans!!

Game today vs ORR High School at 1pm at Bishop Stang High School. Go Spartans!

Bishop Stang Boys Varsity High School team will open their 2015-2016 soccer season tomorrow, Tuesday 9/8 at 4pm at Bishop Stang High School. GO SPARTANS!!

Playoff game Tuesday at 4:30 pm vs Marthas Vineyard at the Vineyard. Go Spartans! We are FAMILY.

Fairhaven High 2 vs Bishop Stang 4

Boys Soccer: Spartans get boost from freshmen

By LAURIE LOS

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October 07, 2014 - 12:00 AM

WESTPORT — With his leading scorer out sick, Bishop Stang coach Ben Figueiredo decided to mix things up in his lineup during Monday's non-league game against Westport.

Six different freshmen saw action and one — Andrew Crumbaker — scored his first varsity goal as the Spartans notched a 3-0 victory over the Wildcats.

"He came off the bench and he started the second half because he was playing so well," said Figueiredo said of Crumbaker. "My team is young. We have two or three freshmen starting and today at one point we had six freshmen playing."

Nick Pacheco led the team in scoring with seven goals and six assists, but sat out for his second straight game and is expected to miss two weeks with mononucleosis, according to Figueiredo.

It took Bishop Stang a little while to get going on offense against Westport after a scoreless first half. Liam Saunders found the back of the net 12 minutes into the second half off a pass from Alec DaSilva. After Crumbaker scored on a pass from James Powers in the 20th minute, Saunders tallied his second goal of the game with an assist from Powers.

"At halftime we switched the formation (from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3) and started attacking more from the outside," Figueiredo said.

Robby DiGiamtomasso turned away five shots in net.

The Spartans (4-3-1, 1-2-1 EAC) visit Bishop Feehan on Thursday.

Today's JV and Varsity games vs Bishop Feehan High School was dedicated to our friend Noah Fernandes. Get well soon Noah.

Bishop Stang High School vs Durfee High School: 4-0 ( 2 goals by Junior Nick Pacheco 1 by Junuor Jake Carlson and 1 by Senior Captain Liam Saunders). Great win boys!

Congratulations to Bishop Stangs 2013 Boys Soccer captain Haden Cordeiro for making the 2014 AIC ( American International College) Division 2 Men's Varsity Roster. Good luck Haden!

Congratulations to Coach Ricardo Aguiar and the Freshmen team on a great victory over New Bedford Voc Tech. Bishop Stang 6 NB Voc tech 0. GO SPARTANS!

Great game last night at Bishop Stang High School vs Westport High School: 5-0 ( 1st goal by Liam Saunders assisted by James Powers, 2nd goal by Nick Pacheco assisted by Jake Carlson, 3rd goal and his 2nd by Nick Pacheco assisted by Jonathan Zuber. 1st half Stang 3 Westport 0. 2nd half goal by Liam Saunders assisted by Jonathan Zuber last goal by Joshua Correia assisted by Liam Saunders. Gk Robby Digiantomasso made 6 saves. MVP of the game goes to Senior Captain Liam Saunders with 2 goals and 1 assist. Great job Stang. GO SPARTANS!