Junior Kensaku Tsuji exploded for two goals and two assists to lead
the Ravens to six second half goals tonight.
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Tsuji collects two goals and two assists as Ravens erupt for
six second half goals
Boxscore
RINDGE, N.H. (October 4,
2008) - Defending NCAA Division II Champion Franklin
Pierce University scored all six goals in the second half and raced
to a 6-0 victory over Mercy College in a non-conference men's
soccer match at Sodexo Field tonight.
Junior midfielder Kensaku
Tsuji (Tokushima, Japan) led Franklin Pierce's second half
onslaught with two goals and two assists for six points on the
night. Freshman Viktor Gonçalves (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil) added a goal and three assists for five points,
while grad student Casey Ftorek (Wolfeboro, N.H./Taft
School), a transfer and All-American from defending NCAA
Division III Champion Middlebury College, chipped in a goal and
assist. The Ravens also got goals from senior Cole Larned
(Wilton, Conn./Wilton) and junior Sean Ahern
(Somers, Conn./Somers).
Freshman Viktor Goncalves added a goal and three assists.
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Freshman Vinny Papageorgiou
(Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington) and sophomore Carl
Contrascier (Hinkley, Ohio/Highland) split shutout duties
in goal for Franklin Pierce. Papageorgiou made one save in 76:23,
before yielding to Contrascier who didn't record a save over the
final 12:37 as the Ravens notched their fourth clean sheet of the
season. Freshman Martin Walsh (Dublin, Ireland)
made seven saves in goal for Mercy, who was out-shot 24-3 for the
match.
Franklin Pierce posted a 10-0 shots
advantage in the first half but came away empty as Walsh made five
saves and sophomore Gianfranco Bastone (Yorktown Heights,
N.Y./Westchester CC) cleared a Tsuji shot off the line
with a header in the opening minutes.
Franklin Pierce wasted little time
in taking a lead in the second half as Tsuji put the Ravens in
front for good, when he took a Gonçalves cross from the left
side and fired a low shot into the goal 3:08 in. Gonçalves
set up the Ravens second goal off a corner kick, when he slotted a
pass to Larned for a drive from 20-yards out on the left side into
near side of the goal in the 62nd minute.
Larned's first goal of the season
sparked a four-goal outburst for Franklin Pierce that sealed the
win. Tsuji completed his double with a low shot into the left side
of the net off a feed from Ftorek in the 68th minute.
Ftorek netted his first goal for Franklin Pierce just 1:46 later
with a header off a cross from Tsuji in the 70th minute.
The Ravens wrapped up the ten-minute stretch when Gonçalves
knocked in a loose ball at the far post after a cross from Tsuji on
the right side was headed across goal by freshman Michael
Busto (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) in the
72nd minute.
Franklin Pierce rounded out the
scoring with 1:11 to play in regulation when Gonçalves set
up Ahern for his second goal of the season.
Franklin Pierce (7-4-1, 5-0-1
NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday for a key Northeast-10
Conference battle at the University of Massachusetts Lowell at 7
p.m. The Ravens are back home next Saturday to host Assumption
College at 7 p.m. Mercy (1-8-0, 0-1-0 ECC) visits Concordia College
on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
