Freshman Viktor Goncalves had two goals and an assist for five
points to lead the Ravens this afternoon.
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Gonçalves nets five points as Ravens run NE-10 regular
season unbeaten streak to 19
Boxscore
COLCHESTER, Vt. (September
24, 2008) - Defending NCAA Division II Champion Franklin
Pierce University remained unbeaten in conference play with a 4-0
victory over Saint Michael's College in Northeast-10 Conference
men's soccer action at Duffy Field this afternoon.
Freshman forward Viktor
Goncalves (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) collected two goals and
an assist for five points to lead Franklin Pierce to the victory.
The win extends the Ravens unbeaten run in NE-10 regular season
contests to 19 matches (16-0-3) which dates back to a 1-0 loss here
to Saint Michael's in October 2006. Junior Kensaku Tsuji
(Tokushima, Japan) and sophomore Adit
Phataraprasit (Bangkok, Thailand) also netted goals for
the Ravens.
Freshman Vinny Papageorgiou made one save to preserve his
second-straight shutout.
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Freshman goalkeeper Vinny
Papageorgiou (Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington) made one save
to preserve his second-straight shutout for Franklin Pierce. Junior
Jason Burnett (South Burlington, Vt./IMG Academy)
made ten stops in goal for Saint Michael's, which was out-shot 22-7
for the match.
Gonçalves opened the scoring
19:03 into the contest with an unassisted strike, before
Phataraprasit took a feed from senior Frantz Francois
(Saint-Marc, Haiti) and doubled Franklin Pierce's lead
less than five minutes later. Gonçalves provided a
three-goal cushion just under the hour mark with another unassisted
tally, before earning an assist, along with freshman
Michael Busto (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School),
on Tsuji's first goal of the season in the 84th minute.
Papageorgiou's lone save of the
afternoon came just after halftime on a shot from sophomore
Blake Schill (Essex Junction, Vt./Worcester Academy) in
the 50th minute.
Franklin Pierce (4-4-1, 3-0-1
NE-10) is back in action on Saturday when it hosts Stonehill
College at 7 p.m. Saint Michael's (4-4-1, 1-2-1 NE-10) hosts Le
Moyne College on Saturday at 1 p.m.
