Franklin Pierce 
Defeats Nyack, 2-0
Ravens end longest winless drought 
in 21 years behind Joyce double

NYACK, N.Y. (September 10, 2005) – Franklin Pierce ended its longest winless streak in 21 years with a 2-0 victory over Nyack College in non-conference men’s soccer action at Mosley Field this afternoon.

            All-America forward Christopher Joyce (Jarrow, England) scored both Franklin Pierce goals to end the Ravens four-match winless streak, the program’s longest since a seven-match stretch early in the 1984 season. Sophomore goalkeeper James Thorpe (East Longmeadow, Mass./Bridgton Academy) collected six saves to preserve his second shutout of the season (16^th career) in goal for the Ravens.            

Joyce opened the scoring 12:40 into the match when he took a pass from junior Dino Patramanis (Worcester, Mass./Quinsigamond CC) and broke in one-on-one with Nyack senior goalkeeper Matt Andre (West Springfield, Mass.) and beat him with a low shot. Joyce added an insurance goal early in the second half off a through ball from freshman Marek Hawrylik (Olsztyn, Poland/The Winchendon (Mass.) School).

            Andre finished with two saves for Nyack, which out-shot Franklin Pierce 10-8 for the match.

            Franklin Pierce (2-3-1) opens its Northeast-10 Conference schedule on Wednesday when it visits Assumption College at 4 p.m. Nyack (2-2-1) hosts No. 24 Caldwell College on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.  

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