Gareth Dudney and Trent Roy each score the first goal of their college careers

Trent Roy made it 3-0 FPU in the 52nd minute with his first collegiate goal.

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RINDGE, N.H. (October 19, 2011) – The No. 2-nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University men’s soccer team battled through the rain-soaked conditions Wednesday night for a satisfying 3-0 win over Saint Michael’s at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens improved to 13-0-1 on the season, while the Purple Knights dipped to 4-8-2 and 2-7-1 in league play.

The night proved to be special for a pair of Ravens, as sophomore Gareth Dudney (North Andover, Mass.) and freshman Trent Roy (Stratham, N.H.) each scored the first goal of their collegiate careers. Dudney fired off three shots during the match and put two of those on goal, while Roy’s blast came on his only shot attempt of the contest.

Senior forward Victor Goncalves (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), though, started the scoring in the 23^rd minute when he took a long diagonal pass from freshman Tom Wampler (Attleboro, Mass.) near the top left corner of the box, dribbled two steps to his right and fired off a hooking shot that found the upper-right corner of the net past the outstretched arms of St. Mike’s goalkeeper Logan Kingman. It was Goncalves’ sixth goal of the season, which is the second most on the team, while Wampler was credited with an assist on the play for his second point of the year.

Dudney made it 2-0 Franklin Pierce in the 39^th minute as he was able to convert a goal off some amazing dribbling from senior midfielder Diego Tabares (Seekonk, Mass.). Tabares took a loose ball near midfield, sprinted past the SMC backs and into the lower left corner of the box where he struck a shot towards the net that went off the crossbar and towards Dudney, who headed in the rebound attempt for his first career tally. It also marked the first point of Dudney’s young, collegiate career. Tabares was given an assist on the play to run his point streak to seven-consecutive matches. He leads the team with 17 points on the year.

Roy capped the scoring in the 52^nd minute when he took an impressive crossing pass from senior Paul Latif (Newcastle, England), and ripped off a shot that beat the St. Mike’s keeper to the upper left corner of the net for a 3-0 advantage. Latif earned an assist on the play, which was his fourth helper on the season.

Senior goalkeeper Vinny Papageorgiou (Wilmington, Mass.) stopped three shots in the contest to earn the win and run his record to 13-0-1 on the season. Franklin Pierce outshot the Purple Knight, 15-7, while Kingman made eight saves despite suffering the loss to fall to 4-8-2 on the campaign.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Saturday night when the Ravens play host to Assumption at 7 p.m. in Sodexo Field. Prior to the match, Franklin Pierce Athletics and the men’s soccer team will honor its 2011 senior class for its four years of dedication to the program.

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).