#2 Men's Soccer Plays to 1-1 Draw with New Haven
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | OT2 | T | |
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New Haven (1-7-3, 0-6-1 NE-10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Franklin Pierce (10-0-1, 6-0-1 NE-10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Diego Tabares scores for the fifth time in the last four matches
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Diego Tabares has scored at least one goal in four-straight matches and five overall during that span. |
RINDGE, N.H. (October 8, 2011) – The No. 2-nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with New Haven on Saturday night at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens had their 10-match winning streak snapped and moved to 10-0-1 on the season, while also moving to 6-0-1 in the Northeast-10. The Chargers moved to 1-7-3 on the season and 0-6-1 in league play.
Franklin Pierce got on the board first in the second minute off an impressive individual effort from senior midfielder Diego Tabares (Seekonk, Mass.). Tabares started the play by intercepting a pass near the midfield stripe, dribbled down the left side and launched a shot that beat the UNH goalkeeper to the lower left corner of the net. It was Tabares’ team-leading sixth goal of the season and his fifth in the past four matches. Also during that stretch he has compiled 11 points.
The game settled into a midfield battle over the next 27 minutes before New Haven finally broke through with a tally in the 29th minute when Joseph D’Antonio took a pass from Clancy Purcell and headed in a goal to knot the score at 1-1.
Again, the match settled into a battle near the midfield stripe as neither side could muster many quality scoring opportunities.
Franklin Pierce did pick up the offensive intensity during the final minutes of regulation and in both overtimes, but could not get anything past UNH keeper J.J. Comeau. The Ravens eventually outshot the Chargers, 17-5, including putting five shots on goal. Comeau made four saves to run his record to 0-6-2 on the season. His counterpart, Franklin Pierce goalie Vinny Papageorgiou (Wilmington, Mass.) made one save to move his record to 10-0-1 on the campaign.
Franklin Pierce returns to action Tuesday when the Ravens travel to North Andover, Mass. to face Merrimack 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/FranklinPierceAthletics).