Gareth Dudney logs five shots in final collegiate match
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (November 5, 2013) – Josh Gustafson
scored with a little more than seven minutes remaining in
regulation to lift Southern Connecticut State to a 2-1 win over the
Franklin Pierce University men's soccer team on Tuesday night
in the Northeast-10 Championship Quarterfinals at Jess Dow Field in
New Haven, Conn.
The third-seeded Owls improved to
10-5-1, and advanced to Friday's semifinals where they will
take on second-seeded Merrimack. Franklin Pierce capped its 2013
season at 8-8-1. It was the second time in as many matches that
Southern Connecticut took down the Ravens, as the Owls did it in
overtime last Friday by a 1-0 count in the regular season
finale.
Gustafson's goal broke a
1-all tie in the 83rd minute, as he struck a shot from
the right side of the box into the upper left corner of the net.
Sebastian Brems fed the pass to Gustafson, and was credited with an
assist on the play.
Gustafson's tally came 14
minutes after the Ravens had knotted things up in the
69th minute when senior Jared Taber (Waltham,
Mass.) notched the first goal of his collegiate career off
a rebound attempt in front of the net that beat SCSU keeper Stephen
Sasso.
Franklin Pierce held a commanding
22-5 advantage in shots, but only Taber was able to solve Sasso,
who made 11 saves on the night to earn the win. Sasso's final
save came with a little more than 60 seconds remaining in
regulation as he stopped Ryan Ruffing's (Westborough,
Mass.) attempt with the Ravens forcing the issue to try
and tie the game.
Sophomore Marius Preber
(Jessheim, Norway) and senior Gareth Dudney (North
Andover, Mass.) each fired off five shots for the Ravens,
with the former putting three on goal.
After a scoreless opening 45
minutes, Southern Connecticut got the wild second half started with
a marker eight minutes into the frame as Daquan King scored off a
nice feed from Tyler Naef.
Three of the Owls' five shots
went on net, as Franklin Pierce keeper Mike Konzel
(Webster, N.Y.) made just one save in suffering the loss
in his first collegiate start.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce men's soccer, please visit the team's page at http://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 on the athletic department's online store at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
