Win comes against a team, which was ranked in the national
polls the previous week
RINDGE, N.H. (October 3, 2012) – The Franklin
Pierce University men's soccer team scored two late goals to
break a 1-1 tie and grab a 3-1 victory over Southern Connecticut
State on Wednesday at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens won their
fourth straight to improve to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the
Northeast-10, while the Owls dipped to 4-3-1 and 3-3-1 in league
play.
Franklin Pierce found itself
deadlocked with SCSU in a 1-1 tie late in the second half after
Francisco Lara scored the equalizer in the 74th minute
off a shot from a corner kick from Mario DiMiceli.
The goal failed to unnerve the
Ravens and two minutes later they went back on top when graduate
forward Ryan Ruffing (Westborough, Mass.) chipped
in a crossing pass from junior forward Gareth Dudney (North
Andover, Mass.) to make it 2-1.
Dudney wasn't finished with
his playmaking skills as six minutes later he set up another goal,
this one coming from senior midfielder Marc Santos (East
Hartford, Conn.) at the top of the box into the lower left
corner of the net.
It was Ruffing's third tally
of the season and the second time he scored the match winner. For
Santos, it was his first marker of the campaign. Dudney was
credited with an assist on both goals, which moved him into the
team lead with four helpers, while also giving him double-digit
points at 10.
It also marked the second-straight
match Dudney assisted on the game-winning goal as on Saturday he
sent a pass over to senior forward Greg Giguere (East
Bridgewater, Mass.), who buried the only marker in a 1-0
win over Saint Anselm.
Franklin Pierce jumped out to a 1-0
lead in the 34th minute when senior back Tyler
Rosa (Rehoboth, Mass.) sent a long stretch pass to
freshman middie Nico Mueller (Mannheim, Germany),
who chested the ball down and fired off a strike to the lower right
corner of the goal for his third tally of the season. Rosa garnered
an assist on the play for his first point of the season.
Graduate goalkeeper
Jake Wright (Los Angeles, Calif.
) made three saves to earn the win and run his record to
7-2. The victory came just two days after he was named the NE-10
Goalkeeper of the Week for the first time in his career. Greg
Cumpstone started in net for the Owls and was tagged with the loss
to fall to 4-3-1.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens travel to face New Haven at 7 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/FranklinPierceRavens).
Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce men's soccer apparel
can do so at the athletic department's brand new online store
at athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
