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Junior All-American James
Thorpe made three first half saves to preserve his
Conference-leading ninth shutout of the season. |
#4 Franklin Pierce
Blanks Saint Rose, 3-0
Ravens clinch second-straight
NE-10
regular season crown, host Saint Anselm Tuesday
RINDGE, N.H.
(October 21, 2006) –
Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 4 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, clinched its
second-straight Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship
with a 3-0 victory over the College of Saint Rose in men’s soccer
action at Sodexho Field tonight.
Franklin Pierce (15-1-1, 11-1-1 NE-10), the top-seed for the
Northeast-10 Tournament, will host eighth-seeded Saint Anselm
College in a quarterfinal round match on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Hawks
clinched the last playoff spot with a commanding 6-2 victory over Le
Moyne College this afternoon and American International College’s
3-1 setback at Bryant University tonight. Saint Rose sees its season
come to a close at 2-15 overall, 1-12 in the NE-10.
Junior All-America goalkeeper James Thorpe (East Longmeadow,
Mass./Bridgton Academy) made three first half saves, which at
the time kept the match scoreless, to preserve his NE-10-leading
ninth shutout of the season (34th career).
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Junior Mike Lima scored
the match-winner and kick-started a three-goal second
half outburst. |
Saint Rose
placed all three of its first half shots on target, while all five
Franklin Pierce shots were off the mark in the opening 45-minutes.
The Ravens clinched the victory with three goals in a ten-minute
span midway through the second half.
Junior Mike Lima (Ludlow, Mass./Ludlow) opened the scoring
with a drive into the right side of the net off a through ball from
senior Peter Petropanagos (Mississauga, Ontario/York University)
at 63:57.
The Ravens double their advantage just 1:22 later, when junior
Brendan McMahon (Chapelhall, Scotland) touched a free kick over
to freshman Matthijs Eppinga (Drachten, The Netherlands), who
blasted a shot from 24-yards out in the 66th minute.
Sophomore Raphael Guimaraes (Marlborough, Mass./Ashland)
rounded out the scoring with an unassisted strike in the 74th
minute.
Saint Rose junior
goalkeeper Peter Cappiello (Lakeland, N.Y./Lakeland) made
five second-half saves. Franklin Pierce finished with a 16-5
advantage in shots (11-2 second half).
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