Diego
Tabares and Victor Goncalves
each have a three-point evening for the Ravens
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Victor Goncalves had a goal and an assist for a three-point
night on Tuesday. He moved into the team lead in goals (4) and
points (10).
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RINDGE, N.H. (September 27,
2011) – The third-ranked Franklin Pierce University
men's soccer team won its eighth game in a row with a 2-0 triumph
over Saint Rose on Tuesday night at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The
Ravens improved to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the Northeast-10, while
the Golden Knights dipped to 0-8 and 0-5 in league play.
After a slow start Franklin Pierce
came alive over the final minutes of the first half and took a 1-0
lead in the 39th minute when senior midfielder
Diego Tabares (Seekonk, Mass.) slipped a pass over
to classmate Victor Goncalves (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil), who dribbled down the right side into the box and
fired off a shot to the lower right corner of the goal for the
tally. It was Goncalves' third goal in the last two matches which
moved him into the team lead with four on the season.
Franklin Pierce outshot the Golden
Knights, 10-1, in the opening 45 minutes, including firing off
eight of those in the final 22 minutes of the half.
It didn't take long for the Ravens
to extend their lead to 2-0 as it came on the first shot of the
second half, just 38 seconds into the stanza. Goncalves and Tabares
swapped roles on this occasion with Goncalves slipping a pass to
Tabares at the top of the box, which he fired into the center of
the net for his second goal of the season. Goncalves' assist on the
play was his 10th point of the season, also tops on the
team. Each player had a three-point evening to spark the Franklin
Pierce offensive attack.
The Ravens' backs held Saint Rose
at bay the rest of the way and did not allow the Golden Knights an
opportunity to get back into the match. For the contest, Franklin
Pierce held a 15-2 advantage in shots, including getting six from
Goncalves and five from Tabares.
None of Saint Rose's shots went on
goal as senior keeper Vinny
Papageorgiou (Wilmington, Mass.) did not need to make
a save in earning his third-straight shutout victory to improve to
8-0.
Franklin Pierce improved to 20-0-1
in its last 21 regular season matches dating back to last season.
Dating back to the 2009 season, the Ravens are 29-1-2 in their last
32 regular season matches.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens travel to face Saint Anselm in Manchester
at 2 p.m.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce men's soccer, please visit the team's page at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further,
please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceAthletics).
