Men's Soccer vs Western Mich. on 08/30/2026 - Box Score - University of Connecticut Athletics

08/30/2026

Joseph J. Morrone Stadium

07:00

Western Mich.

0-3-1, 0-0-0

Final

UConn

1-3-0, 0-0-0

Team	1st half 1	2nd half 2	Total
Western Mich.	0	1	1
UConn	1	3	4

Scoring Summary

-	-	-	-	WMU	UConn
09:11	Elijah Langford (3)	Unassisted	UConn Elijah Langford PENALTY KICK GOAL.	0	1
51:30	Evan Pickering (1)	Assisted by: Aidan Sheppela , Brayden Strait	GOAL by UConn Pickering, Evan Assist by Sheppela, Aidan and Strait, Brayden.	0	2
59:57	Vitor Geromel (3)	Assisted by: Kyle Pierson , Gabe Villagomez	GOAL by WMU Geromel, Vitor Assist by Pierson, Kyle and Villagomez, Gabe.	1	2
86:00	Elijah Langford (3)	Assisted by: Alfonso Arredondo , Matias Paredes	GOAL by UConn Langford, Elijah Assist by Arredondo, Alfonso and Paredes, Matias.	1	3
87:27	Lucas DePinho (1)	Assisted by: Mateo DePinho , Brayden Strait	GOAL by UConn DePinho, Lucas Assist by DePinho, Mateo and Strait, Brayden.	1	4

Team Statistics

-	1	2	T
Shots
Western Mich.	2	7	9 (2)
UConn	13	8	21 (9)
Saves
Western Mich.	5	0	5
UConn	0	1	1
Corners Kicks
Western Mich.	1	2	3
UConn	4	3	7
Offsides
Western Mich.	0	0	0
UConn	0	1	1
Fouls
Western Mich.	5	4	9
UConn	9	9	18
			() Shots On Goal.

Cautions & Ejections

Team	Min	Player
Western Mich.	09:05	#5 Dan McHale
UConn	41:47	#6 Abel Ador
UConn	42:32	#12 Evan Pickering
Western Mich.	45:44	#4 Joshua Nicholson
UConn	68:16	#5 Alex Tupay

Western Mich.

Final

UConn

00:00

Durham, Kyle at goalie for UConn

Ouzounis, Alessandro at goalie for Western Mich.

00:00

00:32

Foul on Bland, Owen.

Corner kick [00:59].

00:59

02:35

Foul on Paredes, Matias.

Foul on Klein, Jordan.

03:21

04:37

Foul on Alessio, Preston.

06:47

Shot by UConn Alessio, Preston, out right.

Yellow card on WMU McHale, Dan.

09:05

Foul on Pierson, Kyle

09:11

GOAL

09:11

UConn Elijah Langford PENALTY KICK GOAL.

Foul on McHale, Dan.

09:36

09:50

Shot by UConn Nacif Joffre, Rashid.

10:30

Shot by UConn Langford, Elijah, bottom right, saved by Ouzounis, Alessandro.

Foul on Stevanovic, Braden.

12:00

14:07

Shot by UConn Nacif Joffre, Rashid, bottom center, saved by Ouzounis, Alessandro.

15:04

Shot by UConn Alessio, Preston, bottom right, saved by Ouzounis, Alessandro.

15:15

Corner kick [15:15].

WMU substitution: Piacentini, Anthony for McHale, Dan.

15:28

WMU substitution: Min, Joseph for Pierson, Kyle.

15:28

15:55

Shot by UConn Tupay, Alex, out left.

16:25

Foul on Ador, Abel.

Shot by WMU Stevanovic, Braden, out left.

22:28

23:01

Shot by UConn Langford, Elijah.

23:05

Corner kick [23:05].

Foul on Smith, Liam.

23:48

24:25

Shot by UConn Alessio, Preston, out top.

26:15

Corner kick [26:15].

26:52

Corner kick [26:52].

29:00

Foul on Alessio, Preston.

WMU substitution: Nicholson, Joshua for Biggers, Liam.

29:57

WMU substitution: Heyral, Neo for Stevanovic, Braden.

29:57

30:14

Foul on Ador, Abel.

Shot by WMU Smith, Liam, out right.

32:38

34:14

UConn substitution: Pickering, Evan for Langford, Elijah.

34:14

UConn substitution: Sheppela, Aidan for Nacif Joffre, Rashid.

34:29

Foul on Bland, Owen.

35:10

Shot by UConn Sheppela, Aidan, out right.

38:20

UConn substitution: Mason, Jacques for Paredes, Matias.

38:20

UConn substitution: Emerhi, Grant for Furutani, Yotaro.

38:42

Shot by UConn Pickering, Evan, bottom center, saved by Ouzounis, Alessandro.

41:07

Foul on Pickering, Evan.

41:47

Yellow card on UConn Ador, Abel.

42:10

Foul on Emerhi, Grant.

42:32

Yellow card on UConn Pickering, Evan.

43:27

Shot by UConn Sheppela, Aidan, out top.

44:55

Shot by UConn Sheppela, Aidan, bottom center, saved by Ouzounis, Alessandro.

45:00

End of Period

Western Mich.

Final

UConn

45:00

Start of 2nd period [45:00].

FOR WMU: , #1 Ouzounis, Alessandro, #23 Piacentini, Anthony, #4 Nicholson, Joshua, #8 Klein, Jordan, #7 Villagomez, Gabe, #10 Geromel, Vitor, #12 Stevanovic, Braden, #20 Heyral, Neo, #13 Smith, Liam, #14 Shannon, Christian, #6 Biggers, Liam.

45:00

FOR UConn: , #13 Durham, Kyle, #2 Strait, Brayden, #5 Tupay, Alex, #6 Ador, Abel, #16 Mason, Jacques, #12 Pickering, Evan, #11 Sheppela, Aidan, #17 Emerhi, Grant, #22 Hamel, Johan, #23 Alessio, Preston, #24 Bland, Owen.

WMU substitution: Villagomez, Gabe for Yessen, Sahel.

45:00

WMU substitution: Stevanovic, Braden for Min, Joseph.

45:00

WMU substitution: Biggers, Liam for Whitfield, Gregory.

45:00

Yellow card on WMU Nicholson, Joshua.

45:44

45:51

Shot by UConn Tupay, Alex, out left.

47:04

Shot by UConn Sheppela, Aidan.

48:44

Shot by UConn Alessio, Preston.

48:51

Corner kick [48:51].

50:15

Offside against UConn.

51:30

GOAL

51:30

GOAL by UConn Pickering, Evan Assist by Sheppela, Aidan and Strait, Brayden.

Foul on Heyral, Neo.

52:38

53:18

Shot by UConn Mason, Jacques.

53:56

Foul on Mason, Jacques.

Shot by WMU Stevanovic, Braden, out right.

54:35

Foul on Biggers, Liam.

54:54

WMU substitution: McHale, Dan for Piacentini, Anthony.

57:31

WMU substitution: Whitfield, Gregory for Smith, Liam.

57:31

WMU substitution: Pierson, Kyle for Biggers, Liam.

57:39

57:58

Corner kick [57:58].

59:57

GOAL by WMU Geromel, Vitor Assist by Pierson, Kyle and Villagomez, Gabe.

GOAL

59:57

GOAL by WMU Geromel, Vitor Assist by Pierson, Kyle and Villagomez, Gabe.

61:00

Foul on Mason, Jacques.

Shot by WMU McHale, Dan, out top.

61:07

Shot by WMU Heyral, Neo.

63:14

66:28

UConn substitution: Paredes, Matias for Mason, Jacques.

66:28

UConn substitution: Furutani, Yotaro for Pickering, Evan.

66:28

UConn substitution: Nacif Joffre, Rashid for Sheppela, Aidan.

66:28

UConn substitution: Langford, Elijah for Emerhi, Grant.

66:51

Foul on Furutani, Yotaro.

Foul on Geromel, Vitor.

68:04

68:16

Yellow card on UConn Tupay, Alex.

68:53

Shot by UConn Hamel, Johan, out top.

72:54

Foul on Nacif Joffre, Rashid.

75:56

Corner kick [75:56].

76:54

UConn substitution: Gummesson, Max for Ador, Abel.

76:54

UConn substitution: Arredondo, Alfonso for Nacif Joffre, Rashid.

WMU substitution: Yessen, Sahel for Geromel, Vitor.

76:54

WMU substitution: Min, Joseph for Pierson, Kyle.

76:54

Shot by WMU Stevanovic, Braden, bottom left, saved by Durham, Kyle.

78:07

Corner kick [78:14].

78:14

Corner kick [78:42].

78:42

79:33

Foul on Bland, Owen.

80:55

Foul on Gummesson, Max.

Foul on Villagomez, Gabe.

81:55

WMU substitution: Veychek, Joshua for Heyral, Neo.

82:34

82:41

Foul on Gummesson, Max.

84:41

Foul on Gummesson, Max.

Shot by WMU Stevanovic, Braden, out right.

85:23

86:00

GOAL

86:00

GOAL by UConn Langford, Elijah Assist by Arredondo, Alfonso and Paredes, Matias.

86:08

UConn substitution: DePinho, Lucas for Paredes, Matias.

86:08

UConn substitution: DePinho, Mateo for Alessio, Preston.

WMU substitution: Hudson III, Eddie for McHale, Dan.

86:08

WMU substitution: Heyral, Neo for Whitfield, Gregory.

86:08

87:27

GOAL

87:27

GOAL by UConn DePinho, Lucas Assist by DePinho, Mateo and Strait, Brayden.

89:02

Foul on Arredondo, Alfonso.

Shot by WMU Nicholson, Joshua, out top.

89:51

90:00

End of Period

Western Mich. vs UConn

Scoring Summary

Team Statistics

Cautions & Ejections

Western Mich.

Goalkeeping Statistics

UConn

Goalkeeping Statistics

#	Player	Pos	SH	SOG	G	A	MIN
Starters
1	Ouzounis, Alessandro	GK	0	0	0	0	90
5	McHale, Dan	DEF	1	0	0	0	45
6	Biggers, Liam	MID	0	0	0	0	43
8	Klein, Jordan	MID	0	0	0	0	90
9	Yessen, Sahel	FWD	0	0	0	0	58
10	Geromel, Vitor	FWD	1	1	1	0	77
11	Pierson, Kyle		0	0	0	1	35
12	Stevanovic, Braden	MID	4	1	0	0	75
13	Smith, Liam		1	0	0	0	58
14	Shannon, Christian	DEF	0	0	0	0	90
27	Whitfield, Gregory	DEF	0	0	0	0	74

Substitutes
3	Veychek, Joshua	MID	0	0	0	0	7
4	Nicholson, Joshua	MID	1	0	0	0	60
7	Villagomez, Gabe	MID	0	0	0	1	45
15	Min, Joseph	FWD	0	0	0	0	42
18	Hudson III, Eddie	DEF	0	0	0	0	3
20	Heyral, Neo	MID	1	0	0	0	56
23	Piacentini, Anthony	DEF	0	0	0	0	42
Totals			9	2	1	2

#	Player	Pos	SH	SOG	G	A	MIN
Starters
13	Durham, Kyle	GK	0	0	0	0	90
2	Strait, Brayden	DEF	0	0	0	2	90
5	Tupay, Alex	DEF	2	0	0	0	90
6	Ador, Abel	MID	0	0	0	0	77
7	Paredes, Matias	MID	0	0	0	1	59
9	Langford, Elijah	FWD	4	3	2	0	58
10	Nacif Joffre, Rashid	FWD	2	1	0	0	45
15	Furutani, Yotaro	MID	0	0	0	0	62
22	Hamel, Johan	DEF	1	0	0	0	90
23	Alessio, Preston	MID	4	1	0	0	87
24	Bland, Owen	DEF	0	0	0	0	90

Substitutes
4	Gummesson, Max	MID	0	0	0	0	13
11	Sheppela, Aidan	MID	4	1	0	1	32
12	Pickering, Evan	FWD	2	2	1	0	32
16	Mason, Jacques	MID	1	0	0	0	28
17	Emerhi, Grant	MID	0	0	0	0	28
18	Arredondo, Alfonso	FWD	0	0	0	1	13
21	Depinho, Lucas	MID	1	1	1	0	3
25	Depinho, Mateo	MID	0	0	0	1	3
Totals			21	9	4	6