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NEWARK, Del. – The George Mason men's soccer team downed Delaware, 3-1, on Tuesday night in a non-conference match at Grant Stadium in Newark, Del.
 
The Patriots improved to 4-1-1 in their last six matches.
 
Mason (5-6-3, 2-4-1 A-10) took the lead over Delaware (8-3-5, 2-2-3 CAA) in the 21st minute.
 
Junior forward Souley Diouf scored his fifth goal of the season, his first on the road, into the top right corner of the net to put the Patriots in front, 1-0.  Sophomore midfielder Nicholas Prioli picked up the lone assist on the play.
 
In the 36th minute, graduate student midfielder Luis Maestre tallied his fifth goal of the season into the bottom left corner to make it 2-0.  Prioli recorded his second assist on the match.
 
Maestre has registered points in six straight matches with five goals and four assists.  He has scored goals in three straight games. 
 
Prioli has notched three goals and four assists in his last four games.
 
Delaware got on the board in the 65th minute when defender Jan Schroeder scored his first goal of the season to cut the Mason lead to 2-1.
 
A minute later, the Patriots pushed the lead back to two goals when junior defender Javi Sánchez scored his first goal in a Mason uniform to increase the advantage to 3-1.  Sophomore midfielder Asparuh Slavov posted his fourth assist of the season on the play.
 
Mason junior goalkeeper Jaume Salvado (5-6-3, 2-4-1 A-10) made two saves to record his fifth win of the season. 
 
HOW THEY SCORED
 
21' | Diouf scored into the upper right corner from 10 yards out with the right foot.
36' | Maestre found the bottom left corner from 10 yards out with the right foot.
65' | Schroeder scored into the lower left corner from 16 yards out.
66' | Sanchez scored into the center of the net from eight yards out.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Patriots outshot the Blue Hens, 10-9, including an 4-3 advantage in shots on goal.  Delaware had eight corner kicks while Mason had three corner kicks in the match.
 
Sophomore defender Will Carson, freshman midfielder James Eliuda, freshman defender David Garcia, senior midfielder Henry Wachsman, Maestre and Sanchez each played 90 minutes.
 
Sophomore midfielder Erick Kilosho, Diouf, Maestre and Sanchez each put one shot on goal in the match.
 
NEXT FOR MASON
 
The Patriots play their final match of the regular season when they take on rival George Washington on Saturday, Oct. 28 with the opening kick scheduled for 3 p.m. in Washington, D.C.