PURCHASE, N.Y. (September 17, 2011) –  The Stevens Institute of Technology men's soccer team used two goals from sophomore Stephen Dunbar and single scores from juniors Zach Adler and Victor Daza to defeat Manhattanville College in a 4-3 game on Saturday night that ended in a rousing, six-goal second period that also featured four yellow cards. The Valiants (4-1-0) were undefeated and ranked seventh in the region coming into Saturday's match.

Adler got things going at GoValiants.com Field with the lone goal of the first half, connecting on a penalty kick in the 13th minute to give the Ducks the early lead. Manhattanville outshot Stevens seven to five over the first half, though they also led the period in fouls by a 7-3 count.

In the opening minutes of the second, Dunbar went on a tear, scoring both of his goals exactly seven minutes apart. The first tally came off of a corner, where the ball was tipped out to the top of the box by senior Zach Bowman and Dunbar sent the ball screaming into the back of the net from there.

The next time came in a one-on-one with Jason Torres (Harrison, N.Y.), the Manhattanville goalkeeper, where Dunbar wasted little time corralling a great pass from Bowman before burying it for the unassisted score. It was Bowman's second assist of the night. At that point, the Ducks led 3-0 with 25 minutes remaining.

The Valiants started chipping away one minute later, however, when Daniel Carlyd (Gothenburg, Sweden) broke up the shutout with a score off of a corner kick and Eros Olazabal (Milton, Ontario, Canada) quickly made it a one-goal game just three minutes after that with an assist from his twin brother, Erick Olazabal (Milton, Ontario, Canada).

Manhattanville came all the way back on another goal be Eros Olazabel – his 11th of the young season – to tie the game at three with three unanswered scores in less than 10 minutes.

Victor Daza was the Stevens hero who put a stop to the Manhattanville momentum with a great individual effort; the North Plainfield native split two defenders after a pass from Adler and created a one-on-one with the keeper that he put away for the goal. That score at 76:12 gave the Ducks the lead again and ultimately delivered the victory.

Freshman goalkeeper Brian Schaake of Stevens took a shutout deep into the second half of his first collegiate action and picked up a save in the first half to earn the win on Saturday night.

All four yellow cards in the game were assessed to the Valiants…Manhattanville outshot the visitors from Castle Point 12-10 and had one more corner kick opportunity (4-3), while also committing 13 fouls to Stevens' five…The Ducks have now won three games in a row after starting the year 1-2-0.

Stevens will host No. 9 Swarthmore College in its next game, slated to start 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21 at the DeBaun Athletic Complex.