LATROBE, Pa. - Behind a pair of goals over the game's first five minutes, the Saint Vincent men's soccer team earned a 2-1 Senior Day win over Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Chatham University on the UPMC Field turf.

The victory snaps a four-game losing streak for the Bearcats and evens their PAC record at 1-1 on the season, the same conference mark as Chatham.

The Bearcats wasted little time in taking a lead, as just 2:40 into play, senior Roberto Fulweiler sent a perfect pass down the middle of the field, which was accepted in stride by classmate Cris White, who buried it from the doorstep for his first goal of the year.

Just three minutes later, Saint Vincent added onto its lead. In his defensive third, Griffin Prinkey broke up a Chatham pass, dribbled through traffic and cleared the ball out of traffic. The Chatham keeper charged 25 yards from his net and leaped to receive it, but it took a fortuitous bounce over him and dribbled into the empty net to up the Bearcat lead to 2-0.

The Cougars then upped their offensive pressure, rattling off six shots over the next 20 minutes, but SVC's defense held, with Benjamin Edwards, in his first career start in goal, making a pair of saves. 

In the 42nd minute, Chatham embarked on another long possession, resulting in a pair of corner kicks. On the second one, they cashed in, with Pascal Despinos settling the corner from Ryan Tabhaz in traffic and blasting it home to make it 2-1 with 3:35 left, which is how the score would remain at the intermission.

Chatham held an 11-7 advantage in shots over the first half and took six corner kicks to SVC's two.

The Bearcats' best chance to add onto the lead in the second half came in the 59th minute, with David Rahaman and Fulweiler each having shots blocked from inside the 8-yard box. Both blocks led to corner kicks, but SVC was unable to convert.

The Saint Vincent defense and midfield corps allowed the one-goal lead to stand, limiting Chatham to just three shots and one corner kick over the game's final 24 minutes to close out the win.

Over the defensively-themed second half, SVC out-shot Chatham 8-6 and took three of the four second half corners.

Fulweiler led Saint Vincent with four shots while White finished with three attempts. Edwards earned the win in goal, going all 90 minutes and recording three saves.

Prior to the game, the Bearcats held Senior Day festivities to honor their seven-man senior class, which included White, Prinkey, Fulweiler, Cory Northrup, Ryan O'Leary, Liam Dixon and Cameron Yoder. 

Saint Vincent will now return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 6, traveling to PAC foe Washington & Jefferson for a 6 p.m. match.