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Senior
All-America goalkeeper James Thorpe posted his 40th career
save in Wednesday's victory over Bentley. |
Franklin Pierce
Blanks Bentley, 2-0
Thorpe notches 40th career shutout
as Ravens now unbeaten in last six
RINDGE, N.H.
(September 19, 2007) –
Franklin
Pierce University, ranked fifth in this week’s National Soccer
Coaches’ Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas New England Regional
poll, ran its unbeaten run to six-straight and remained perfect in
Conference play with a 2-0 victory over Bentley College in
Northeast-10 men’s soccer action at Sodexho Field tonight.
The was the 100th at
Franklin Pierce for Head Coach
Marco Koolman,
who has now posted a 100-36-16 (.711) mark in eight seasons at the
Ravens helm. Koolman has posted a 174-65-22 (.709) career record,
which includes his six seasons at Gannon University in the early to
mid-1990's, and he ranks 14th among active Division II coaches for
winning percentage.
Senior All-America
goalkeeper
James Thorpe (East Longmeadow, Mass./Bridgton Academy)
notched his 40th career shutout (third of the season) –
extending both his Northeast-10 and program records – making one
save to preserve the clean sheet. Franklin Pierce enjoyed a 12-2
advantage in shots for the match; with Bentley freshman goalkeeper
Michael
Nikiforov (Framingham, Mass./Framingham)
making four saves.
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Junior Marek
Hawrylik collected a goal for the Ravens. |
Franklin Pierce was
spotted a 1-0 lead 12:32 into the match, when Bentley freshman
Austin
Faroni (Granby, Conn./Granby)
tried to clear a Ravens cross over the end line, but directed the
ball into his own net with Nikiforov off his line.
Franklin Pierce got the
insurance goal in the 62nd minute as junior
Marek Hawrylik
(Olsztyn, Poland/The Winchendon (Mass.) School)
took a pass from senior
captain
Peter Petropanagos (Mississauga, Ontario/York University)
and fired a low shot from 12-yards out into the right side of the
net. The goal came moments after Hawrylik saw an attempt during a
scramble inside the six cleared off the line by Bentley sophomore
back Josh
Trubow (Newton, Mass./Newton North).
Bentley nearly drew
even less than five minutes after the own goal, but Thorpe charged
off his line well to stop sophomore
Jimmy Alexander
(Hanover, N.H./Hanover)
on a break in the 17th minute.
Franklin Pierce (5-1-1,
4-0-0 NE-10) returns to action on Saturday when it travels to
Smithfield, R.I., to face Bryant University, ranked sixth in the
region, at 2 p.m. The Ravens don’t return home until Saturday,
September 29, when they host Stonehill College at 7 p.m.
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