Queens, N.Y. - Yahir Hernandez's first goal of the season, combined with Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson's eight save shutout effort, kept the St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Soccer team perfect in East Coast Conference action, as the maroon and gold held on for a 1-0 victory over Queens College at Varsity Field.

STAC improves to 8-2-3 overall and an unblemished 5-0-1 in ECC play, while Queens slips to 6-6-2 and 3-3-0.

Yahir Hernandez was the lone goal scorer in the match, depositing his first of the year to the back of the onion bag for the Spartans.

In goal, Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson (W, 8-0-3) made eight saves on the night to pick up his fourth clean sheet of the year. On the other end of the field, Austin Matthews (L, 0-1-0) stopped five of six shots faced.

How it Happened

• 59th Minute: After a scoreless first half, the lone goal of the match came on a through ball up the middle of the field by Dimitry Tchantcheu, finding the foot of Kevon Evans. Evans dribbled up field and around several defenders, to slide a pass to teammate Yahir Hernandez. Hernandez would then slip around another Queens defender and fire a strike past a sliding Austin Matthews to give STAC the 1-0 advantage.

Inside the Box Score

• Queens outshot STAC 29-18, while the visitors earned a 16-11 corner kicks advantage over the Knights.
• Uhunoma Fredrick-Ilekhuoba registered a team-high five shots in the contest.

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas visits Daemen University on Saturday, October 21, with kickoff between the Spartans and Wildcats set for 1:30 p.m. at Karrer Field in Amherst, New York.