Greg Giguere scores game's lone goal; his second of the season

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (October 15, 2011) -- The No. 6 nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce University men's soccer team picked up its second-straight win on Saturday with a 1-0 triumph at American International College in Springfield, Mass. The Ravens improved to 12-0-1 and 8-0-1 in the Northeast-10, while AIC dipped to 4-7-3 and 3-5-2 in league play.

The Yellow Jackets outshot the Ravens, 10-8, but that did not phase Franklin Pierce in this match. AIC only managed to put one of those 10 shots on goal and Franklin Pierce goalkeeper Vinny Papageorgiou (Wilmington, Mass.) was there to make the save to preserve the shutout victory and run his record to 12-0-1 on the season. Papageorgiou posted his sixth shutout of the season while also lowering his goals against average to 0.59.

Franklin Pierce got the only goal it would need in the 25th minute when senior Diego Tabares (Seekonk, Mass.) fed a nice pass over to junior Greg Giguere (East Bridgewater, Mass.), who buried a shot in the back of the net for his second goal of the season.

Tabares was credited with an assist on the play to run his team-leading point total to 16. He has logged at least one point in the last six matches and has 14 points during that span.

Tabares fired off five shots during the match, including putting four of those on goal. Senior forward Victor Goncalves (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) tallied two shots as well.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Wednesday when the Ravens play host to Saint Michael's at 7 p.m. in Sodexo Field in Rindge.

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